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<p>[QUOTE="Chandler In Las Vegas, post: 574096, member: 10068"]The phrase posted in the top two photos is likely "na pamyat otya druga" "In memory (of my/a) friend" </p><p><br /></p><p>In the last photo, which used a different engraver!, we can see that the Russian capital Ns are not made like traditional Hs but like Ks. This is evident in the capital letter in "Na pamyat" where in the top two photos it is an H and in the final photo it is a K. This would mean that the florid name-nicikname-title, remember it IS the art of engraving we are dealing with, begins with what I would identify as a Russian capital F, in all its engraving glory, followed by o r n, as a k, and i. I have no idea what Forni means. I believe in Russian it would be objective case if anyone wanted to roll it back. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just my two rubelyay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chandler In Las Vegas, post: 574096, member: 10068"]The phrase posted in the top two photos is likely "na pamyat otya druga" "In memory (of my/a) friend" In the last photo, which used a different engraver!, we can see that the Russian capital Ns are not made like traditional Hs but like Ks. This is evident in the capital letter in "Na pamyat" where in the top two photos it is an H and in the final photo it is a K. This would mean that the florid name-nicikname-title, remember it IS the art of engraving we are dealing with, begins with what I would identify as a Russian capital F, in all its engraving glory, followed by o r n, as a k, and i. I have no idea what Forni means. I believe in Russian it would be objective case if anyone wanted to roll it back. Just my two rubelyay.[/QUOTE]
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