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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 5686238, member: 2844&quot;]I don&#039;t see a table (Tisch) or a woodpecker (Specht).</p><p><br /></p><p>On the ribbon it says privilegirte (privilegierte) Schumah (Schuhmacher?) Tafel. If it says &quot;Privilegierte Schuhmacher Tafel&quot;, it means something like &quot;Privileged shoemaker board&quot;, presumably something to do with a guild. If it is a guild, the crest and the boot make sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I can read the outer text, it says the owner&#039;s name is Math(ias) Knisner.</p><p>It mentions a &#039;Formund&#039; (guardian). Maybe the person who presents Mathias Knisner to the shoemaker&#039;s guild for membership?</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a very special item.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Scottish term for a licensed beggar in former times. Licensed beggars had tokens issued by the town council to prove they were allowed to beg in a town, so people could give them something if shown the token.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mathias Knisner was no gaberlunzie.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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