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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 382805, member: 59"]Zigzag is usually the result of the assay process. Material is scraped from the object and tested for silver alloy fineness. Without a fineness number on the object or a fineness "mark" (in modern Germany the crescent moon and crown) we cannot know what it is - 800 or otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>FYI, Hanau is part of Germany.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 382805, member: 59"]Zigzag is usually the result of the assay process. Material is scraped from the object and tested for silver alloy fineness. Without a fineness number on the object or a fineness "mark" (in modern Germany the crescent moon and crown) we cannot know what it is - 800 or otherwise. FYI, Hanau is part of Germany.[/QUOTE]
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