Well there you go, Blumbly, Your not wrong at all!

The 'Cortina' branding was used on some store brands, and when it was it was often stylised like that (you will note that the "125 Cortina" does not match the Victa Cortina's style) which had me thinking it was original, but indeed, it is not original to this mower.

First, the 160 was still fresh in 1969, and not something just handed out on any old store brand, so 125 was not really specified, secondly, that cowl has casting to allow for a decompression valve, however, decompression was not till 1971, and that cylinder head is definitely pre decompression 125 head.

And on top of that, research shows this for 1969:
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Cheers
Ty

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