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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 4273253, member: 22&quot;]From the latest clearance, found in a drawer in the study.</p><p>3 silver napkin rings and a Victorian halfcrown brooch.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]340968[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As a numismatist the coin is ruined as its had a pin soldered to the obverse., but someone will buy it as jewellry in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]340969[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2 of the napkin rings are sterling silver, Birmingham hallmarks.</p><p>They need polishing before more research.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]340970[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The nouveau style ring is marked 900, it needs polishing before I can read the marks properly but I think it says </p><p>V. Mayers &amp; Son and it has a crown and an &quot;A&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It is inscribed&nbsp; 1st&nbsp; 8th August 1943..... M.J.C..... Jerusalem</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this to be the 1st division or Corps of the 8th Army tank regiment from the North Africa campaign fighting Rommels Afrika Korps.</p><p><br /></p><p>The defeat of Rommel in Egypt saved Palestine from the Nazis and saved the Jews from certain death.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]340973[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]340974[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]340975[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m wondering if this is a 1920&#039;s piece repurposed by a Jewish silversmith for use in the officers mess or a souviner of the campaign.</p><p><br /></p><p>The top 2 rings weigh 9g and 14g each, the nouveau one although the same size is a whopping 25g.</p><p><br /></p><p>It might be silver plated 22k gold !</p><p><br /></p><p>Watch this space.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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