manufacture date (traditional estimates) 1931 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial 87368
Factory Order number: 9681
Description
Fern, dot at 5th fret
Categories
Source
From Darryl Wolfe. Darryl Wolfe's F5 Journal is the authoritative work on the subject of Loar-signed and later Gibson mandolins