David, I agree with you concerning the stamp fonts and the possibility of a barrel replacement but it is clear that the frame was manufactured for vent rib barrels.
An incomplete tightening job could result in the gaps around the doll’s head. The doll’s head section of the rib should have been removed, shortened where it joins the rib, then reinstalled to have eliminated those gaps.
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