Kevin:
It COULD validate the lens - or it could be a clever dodge by an unscrupulous forger.
Only someone with more knowledge than I have regarding Mohawk images can answer that question.
That being said, the close up looks good IMO. I'm not aware of anyone recreating the knotches on a lens (reproduction or fake), until I started grinding them on my marked reproduction lenses.
Different original manufacturers - or different manufacturering time-frames - could/would explain the color differences and the variations in the artwork.
Remember, all the necessary 'film positives' for these lenses were hand cut at the time they were needed. And the red may have been something that needed to be custom-blended per the company's color specifications.
Later . . .
Jim
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