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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 72595, member: 111"]Sorry Fidbald, don't really feel a need to convince you, it is what it is - though not sure why the '925' or the lack of a reichsmark indicates that this is not German, despite regulations, a lot of German silver bears a wide variety of differing and 'improper' marks. The reference above is from a trademark search, it's the German registration, but they also registered their mark in other countries as well, including the U.S.</p><p><br /></p><p>An added bit for the OP - the link below shows a bit fancier box by Emil Brenk, a leather-lined document box with a signature under the engraving from 1978, difficult to see, but the marks shown on the engraved plate are 'EB 925 STERLING'. Haven't seen the interior of your box, but the wood interior would point to use for cigarettes or cigars, again, one of the companies specialties...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.epailive.com/overseas/items/4/3/4331171.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.epailive.com/overseas/items/4/3/4331171.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.epailive.com/overseas/items/4/3/4331171.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 72595, member: 111"]Sorry Fidbald, don't really feel a need to convince you, it is what it is - though not sure why the '925' or the lack of a reichsmark indicates that this is not German, despite regulations, a lot of German silver bears a wide variety of differing and 'improper' marks. The reference above is from a trademark search, it's the German registration, but they also registered their mark in other countries as well, including the U.S. An added bit for the OP - the link below shows a bit fancier box by Emil Brenk, a leather-lined document box with a signature under the engraving from 1978, difficult to see, but the marks shown on the engraved plate are 'EB 925 STERLING'. Haven't seen the interior of your box, but the wood interior would point to use for cigarettes or cigars, again, one of the companies specialties... [URL]http://www.epailive.com/overseas/items/4/3/4331171.shtml[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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