IMPORTANT: the Tiger photos are courtesy of Musée des blindés at Saumur, copy or publication are prohibited whitout the authorization of the museum.
Each turret and hull have a serial number. These numbers can be found at two places, stamped in the steel or on a little plate.
Here is the little plate located on the driver's instrument panel (at the top right corner), on this plate there is, on the first line , the type of panzer, here: Pz Kpfw Tiger Ausf E . On the second line, the turret number (Turm Nr), here 250857 , on the third line, the hull number (Fahrgest Nr), here 251114. On the fourth line the marking "dkh"is the German military code for the manufacturer, in this case the foundry that made the armor of the Tiger hull dkh - Pommerische EisengieBerei und Maschinenfabrik A.-G., Barth .(thanks to Rudi for his help)
Here is the hull number stamped in the steel of the stengthening frame of the hull, you can also see it below, between the two right ammunition bins.
Inside the turret, the serial number is stamped on a little plate on the turret ring, on the left of the loader's evacuation hatch, the turret number, 250857 is the same than the one on the instrument panel, so it's the original turret.
IMPORTANT: the Tiger photos are courtesy of Musée des blindés at Saumur, copy or publication are prohibited whitout the authorization of the museum.