anyone know what engraving is on silver cup

Hi all picked this up for a couple of bucks was wondering if anyone knew what the wording may be have googled found nothing also was this finish on silver plate popular back in early 1900s almost like a hammered finish marked gero 90 which i believe is silver plate dutch maybethanks chris

 

It is silverplate made by the Dutch company Gero. 90 indicates the fineness of the silver layer, .900.
It is made in the Dutch Art Deco 'Amsterdamse School' style, which started in 1916. The Amsterdamse School maintained some Arts&Crafts elements, like the hammered effect on the inside of your cup. Gero employed many top designers.
This was an award, the second prize (tweede prijs) in a sabre (sabel) fencing competition at the 'Koninklijke Nederlands Indische Officieren Societeit', short K.N.I.O.S., the Royal Dutch East Indies Officers Society.
Looking at the date, 1940, it was one of the last competitions, the last one could have been in 1941. Indonesia was occupied by the Japanese in march 1942.
Many people from the Dutch East Indies migrated to neighbouring Australia after WWII, which is probably how it ended up near you.

 

Nice job Any Jewelry!

 

90 indicates the thickness of the plate layer. The fineness is always .999 on electroplate.

 

thanks aj nice to have a story behind it may not be worth much but the engraving actually gives it a bit more interest will clean up to give it some new life thanks again chris

 

came up ok