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Indeed, another (early) Professional. It has the long pinned lugs so it should be one built by De Rosa.
I'm not sure about the decals but as the early bikes Merckx produced didn't have a clearcoat on top of the decals, maybe the original decals were removed and replaced by the ones from VD Water (a bike shop in Kasterlee, Belgium). These can be removed easily and I will put new Merckx decals on it.
Yip, I'm going to polish the levers and stem so I can put them on my resprayed frame. I more like the idea of havving original paint but this frame is just a bit too small for me.