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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 299111, member: 2844&quot;]It is silverplate made by the Dutch company Gero. 90 indicates the fineness of the silver layer, .900.</p><p>It is made in the Dutch Art Deco &#039;Amsterdamse School&#039; style, which started in 1916. The Amsterdamse School maintained some Arts&amp;Crafts elements, like the hammered effect on the inside of your cup. Gero employed many top designers.</p><p>This was an award, the second prize (tweede prijs) in a sabre (sabel) fencing competition at the &#039;Koninklijke Nederlands Indische Officieren Societeit&#039;, short K.N.I.O.S., the Royal Dutch East Indies Officers Society.</p><p>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.</p><p>Many people from the Dutch East Indies migrated to neighbouring Australia after WWII, which is probably how it ended up near you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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