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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 109432, member: 44&quot;]Af was right on the first cuff link having Arabic markings. The 1st pic with a mark is upside down. As af said 21k, I think this is the mark denoting 21 Kt.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]27537[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nowwww as to what Arabic country, I&#039;m not sure. Egypt, Iraq and others used these marks. I don&#039;t see or can&#039;t make out the national marks used by the countries such as a cat or lotus flower marks by Egypt or Iraq&#039;s map of Iraq mark, etc. The following set of 2 marks rotated, may be another 21K mark on the left and a date letter code mark on the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]27540[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That date letter, on the right, looks similar to Arabic letter codes for the 1960s. the following link to to Arabic letter date codes used by Egypt:</p><p><br /></p><p>Click the charts to enlarge:</p><p><a href="http://www.h.cx/?key=&amp;country=Egypt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.h.cx/?key=&amp;country=Egypt" rel="nofollow">http://www.h.cx/?key=&amp;country=Egypt</a></p><p><a href="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTQxMFgxMjIy/z/L8QAAOSwpDdU5M70/$_3.JPG?set_id=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTQxMFgxMjIy/z/L8QAAOSwpDdU5M70/$_3.JPG?set_id=2" rel="nofollow">http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTQxMFgxMjIy/z/L8QAAOSwpDdU5M70/$_3.JPG?set_id=2</a></p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/44079982@N08/4190577772/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/44079982@N08/4190577772/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/44079982@N08/4190577772/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nowwww, just because I have linked to Egypt date letters does not mean this cuff link is Egyptian. Several Arabic countries use the same date letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basic Iraq silver marks on the right that includes silver finesse, national mark and date code mark:</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Basic Egypt silver marks in the right column that include silver finesse, national marks of cat and lotus flower and a date code mark:</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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