Manufactured in 1904 with deluxe features on an engraved takedown receiver. The rifle is equipped with blade and adjustable sporting sights on the half-octagon, half-magazine, "SPECIAL SMOKELESS STEEL" barrel, with a mid-range adjustable peep sight on the tang of the "MARLIN SAFETY" receiver. Light scrollwork is present at the breech of the barrel, with deeper punch-dot backed designs on the takedown iron and frame, the latter also bearing a scene of a deer standing in the woods on the right side beneath the ejector port and a larger scene of a stag pursued into a clearing by a wolf on the left. Fitted with a fancy walnut pistol grip stock with checkering at the wrist and forearm, a checkered Marlin buttplate, and a silver shield on the right side of the buttstock inscribed "Edward Field Goltra". Though not confirmed as belonging to him, research shows an Edward Field Goltra as a steel executive and prominent St Louis citizen during the early 20th century. (Of historic note, St. Louis held the World's Fair in the same year as this rifle was manufactured).