Thank You @Arne Fischer is certainly the one of the brands I was considering it could be , but with your research you seem to have hit the nail on the head Until it is in my hands I wont be able to truly check but it really does look like there is no actual "fish" trademark above the Made in Germany, so I wonder if Fischer was doing a "plain Jane " version for a UK distributor perhaps ... So frustrating when they do that !
I have to admit these weekend threads are my favourite across the entire interwebs .. Such GORGEOUS and diverse stuff just keeps appearing every week .... Sigh.. if I see another Issmayer my head might just explode with envy !!!
Just something about the cartoony yet historical appearance that makes me want one so badly