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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 285351, member: 2844&quot;][USER=5727]@Harry Shoe[/USER] , could the 2 in the David Star mark be a Z? In that case I&#039;ve found your maker.</p><p>If it is a Z, it is the mark of Heinrich Zwerneman/Zwernemann from Hanau, Germany. The company was founded in 1887.</p><p>Heinrich Zwernemann was the only German goldsmith with an exhibit in the 1904 St Louis World&#039;s Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition).</p><p><br /></p><p>Hanau is a town in Germany, which became famous after the influx of Calvinist Protestant gold- and silversmiths from the Low Countries who fled from the Spanish occupation of that part of the world in the 16th century. The Low Countries are mostly present day Belgium and The Netherlands.</p><p>The Hanau precious metals industry was important until ca 1918, when most of the aristocratic patrons lost their power and riches.</p><p>These are from <a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_a1884_10.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_a1884_10.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_a1884_10.html</a> :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]91746[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]91747[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from a German website:</p><p><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/31209061882_3a43188a55_z_d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I found a Josef Zwernemann as a recipient of the German &#039;Knight&#039;s Cross of the Iron Cross&#039; in 1942, so I assume it is not a Jewish family. There was also a Protestant minister called Zwernemann.</p><p>Since the name sometimes appears without the second &#039;n&#039;, it could have originated in the Low Countries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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