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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 179837, member: 44&quot;]The German hallmarks of the crescent &amp; crown along with the Swiss hallmarks means it was imported into Germany from Switzerland per the following website about watch hallmarking.</p><p>&quot;These marks were stamped on imported items as well as German made items, so the half moon and crown can be seen alongside e.g. Swiss hallmarks such as the bear or grouse on Swiss items imported into Germany.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A good 3/4 of the way down the page to the section: &quot;German Hallmarks.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/casemarks.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/casemarks.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/casemarks.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/swisshallmarks.php#Act1880" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/swisshallmarks.php#Act1880" rel="nofollow">http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/swisshallmarks.php#Act1880</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, that small hallmark on the right is the small wood grouse .800 purity Swiss hallmark for small items while the larger wood grouse mark on the right is the .800 purity for larger items. Used from 1880-1933. Supposedly there is a mark above the neck of the grouse in the large mark and a mark below or in front of the grouse&#039;s head in the smaller mark. The mark is a code for the city of assay. Very very to nearly impossible to see on these marks. It could be a star, but doubt it. Basel has been using a star for sometime, though back in the late 1800s to whenever the city mark was a &quot;B.&quot;</p><p>Page 5, table 2:</p><p><a href="http://www.offwatch.it/PDF/punzonioro.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.offwatch.it/PDF/punzonioro.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.offwatch.it/PDF/punzonioro.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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