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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 187046, member: 25"]The mark is Sheffield 1899.. If it came from Germany the mark would include the letter F for foreign. Up till the First World War Britain and Germany were closely linked by royal marriages, and the Kaiser was a cousin of the British King.</p><p><br /></p><p>The item, whatever it is (a picture of the whole thing is always advisable) must have been re-marked by the German retailer. They'd not delete a mark, probably thought it pointless, and the Britsh mark an additional guarantee.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 187046, member: 25"]The mark is Sheffield 1899.. If it came from Germany the mark would include the letter F for foreign. Up till the First World War Britain and Germany were closely linked by royal marriages, and the Kaiser was a cousin of the British King. The item, whatever it is (a picture of the whole thing is always advisable) must have been re-marked by the German retailer. They'd not delete a mark, probably thought it pointless, and the Britsh mark an additional guarantee.[/QUOTE]
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