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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9569572, member: 2844&quot;]The Eagle of Saladin as such is an older symbol, but the one on the ring, with the two stars in the shield, is indeed the Syrian one imo. It was first used during the union with Egypt in the UAR, 1958-61.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones with glass inlay all look like they could be fairly recent Middle Eastern rings as well.</p><p>Given the events of the last few years, and the way IS is funded, I will join EL in not saying any more about the rings.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I can say is, jewellery from current war zones can look like European archaeological jewellery, or indeed Middle Eastern archaeological jewellery. The Roman and Byzantine empires are part of the history of the Middle East, and jewellery and glass making in historic Greater Syria was excellent. Many traditions continue to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t know much about the subject, or if items don&#039;t have a verifiable documented provenance, please stay away from them. Don&#039;t fund looters, fakers and terrorists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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