Did this bass have an integral bar originally?
Maybe it says;
"This bass is not what you think it is. Someone across the ocean will give it a label and make you believe such a person once lived." 
The work looks good. How does it look from the front? And sinkage near the bottom of the bass bar remaining or in the soundpost/bridge area? Any idea what the graduations were before or are now?
A bass I had was about the same, same importer but a 4/4 model of its time and a Morelli label. Thick plates and an integral bar. Fantastic tight strong wood. After a Block Cut, plate re-graduations, a bass-bar and some crack repairs, etc., it sounded fantastic.