Unlocked or not

[Sid]

The details of the French floor safe that I am researching are in my post ''Who made this safe'' but I now have a specific question and hope I am correct in starting a new thread.

There is already a 3/4'' hole in the centre of the backplate and I have an old inspection borelight so looked inside and here is a rough sketch of what I can see.



Unfortunately a shelf has become dislodged and is hiding the lower half of the mechanism BUT, the centre horizontal bar is undoubtedly already retracted away from the main lock on the right, and I think the upper diagonal bar may also be retracted.

If they are indeed already retracted, is it likely that the lower bars are in the same open position, and if they are, how far might one have to turn the key to open the safe.

I managed to get a photo of the inside although it is restricted.



The more I read about these old safes the more intrigued I become and while my main interest is finding historical facts for our local researchers, it would be fascinating to see the inside and perhaps have it working again.

Thankyou.