How likely is it that a genuine stenciled crate would say "Made in Italy" in English only?
Maybe another panel would have had the Italian?
If it’s coming to the USA market, I would expect declaration of origin markings to be in English somewhere on the container..
This wooden crate was stamped “PACKED IN ITALY”. No idea what the crate originally contained but do know it was in the basement of our old house in VT for at least 35-40 yrs before cleaned out to sell around 2015-16. I haven’t hung it up yet.
I also have this known late 90’s-early 2000’s Ducati crate panel. On the lower right corner, it’s marked “Made In Italy”
According to the interweb, this Moto Guzzi logo & font is pre 1957/58. It looks more like a single ink stamping through stencil (not a smaller stamp doing 1-2 letters at a time) vs a painted stencil. That’s how a stencil can be repeatedly used without quickly becoming a sloppy, illegible mess from paint drips and overspray.. It may still be a fake, but seems like a lot more effort to do a big ink stamp over a stencil for something that only sold for cheap$$. Don’t believe the guy I got it from (for $30) lost any money, so not a lot of room for big profit to justify much effort.
Who knows? It looks cool, whatever it is or isn’t. We’re still making shipping arrangements on this Guzzi thing. I like old stuff that wasn’t meant to be saved or collected. It’s usually a lot less glamorous, consistent and precise than people imagine.
