Hmm…as far as I can see, all screws and the box hiding the electric connections are not the correct.
Regards,
Herbert

I have the feeling that the over-sophisticated aircrafts of the war were not made to fly for years like the civil planes.

As example they pressed every HP out of the engine on the cost of durability.
So engine failures or fires were daily routine.
Who would produce a civil aircraft that would costs many lifes of student pilots like the Bf 109 did.

And when I take a look at the Bf 109 black 6 and red 7, the latter only for some months in the air before crashing because of a “fatal but common” Bf 109 behaviour, I´d rather see them in the museum.

Regards,
Herbert

The more I look at that picture I could imagine, that it´s really one with the filled slot for the parking break handle.
When you compare the position of the handle at the MIG picture it´s exactly at the position of the scratched part with complete loss of colour.
So the engraving could been made afterwards.
To be sure, we´d need a look to the inner of the shaft.
Regards,
Herbert

Interesting identification feature…but what did the Soviets have against cap head screws?

Interestingly, these correct cap head screws weren´t anymore produced after the war. That´s why the restorers need to take flat screws like these at the grip. For my instrument panels I use replicas of the correct screws.
Here some detail pictures of my grip:
Not much difference, but the head tops are bent.
The MIG 15 and 17 grips needed a slot for the hand break lever.
Either this one was used in another type of soviet aircraft, or the slot is filled and overpainted, as I have seen before. Anyway I´ve never seen a Luftwaffe grip with the safety bracket painted in red.

Regards,
Herbert