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<p>[QUOTE="StormcrowMithrandir, post: 4590694, member: 78431"]A 1790s Welsh longcase (grandfather) clock has been in our family for many years. It was purchased from a British family in Kenya in the 1950s. The clock is not a reproduction. It is definitely a late 18th century Welsh clock.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was very surprised upon taking a look at the lock mechanism for the case (which houses the weights, etc for the chime) to find a Nazi swastika clearly engraved on the lock mechanism! WTF?</p><p><br /></p><p>The lock mechanism also looks like it might say 'secure 4 levers' on it. I am guessing someone has replaced the lock mechanism at some point as I don't think it looks old enough to be original from the 1790s (unlike everything else on the clock). Since the clock was purchased in Kenya in the 1960s (and then moved to Australia where I am) I suppose it is possible that it passed through Germany in the 1930s-40s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know how this likely got on there? Did Germany make a lot of locks during the Nazi years (1930s-40s) and were swastika's engraved on all German made products similar to a 'Made in China'? Has anyone come across a similar lock? Or could this be an English lock and a Nazi has subsequently obtained the clock during the 30s-40s and specifically decided to engrave a swastika into the existing lock? Hopefully the former. It might be worth replacing the lock...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="StormcrowMithrandir, post: 4590694, member: 78431"]A 1790s Welsh longcase (grandfather) clock has been in our family for many years. It was purchased from a British family in Kenya in the 1950s. The clock is not a reproduction. It is definitely a late 18th century Welsh clock. I was very surprised upon taking a look at the lock mechanism for the case (which houses the weights, etc for the chime) to find a Nazi swastika clearly engraved on the lock mechanism! WTF? The lock mechanism also looks like it might say 'secure 4 levers' on it. I am guessing someone has replaced the lock mechanism at some point as I don't think it looks old enough to be original from the 1790s (unlike everything else on the clock). Since the clock was purchased in Kenya in the 1960s (and then moved to Australia where I am) I suppose it is possible that it passed through Germany in the 1930s-40s. Does anyone know how this likely got on there? Did Germany make a lot of locks during the Nazi years (1930s-40s) and were swastika's engraved on all German made products similar to a 'Made in China'? Has anyone come across a similar lock? Or could this be an English lock and a Nazi has subsequently obtained the clock during the 30s-40s and specifically decided to engrave a swastika into the existing lock? Hopefully the former. It might be worth replacing the lock...[/QUOTE]
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