@abdel - 1254 in the Hijri Calendar would be 1838 or the beginning of 1839. .
Tolkien - the Anglo-Saxon philologist and translator of Beowulf - with a "K" in his runic alphabet. I'd bet against that. .
The "K" makes this simple nonsense. The name "Uairis," is certainly uncommon, but this is simply someone trying to go through the proper motions...
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Ahhh... not 2B then. .
@Bronwen - That he always rings twice? .
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Nylon webbing - not jute - places it after the mid-1930s. .
What wind blew you hither, Pistol? .
"Something, something, something... corned beef on..." .
...or an alloy, at any rate. Elemental, my dear Watson. .
@Phoebe Caulfield?
It appears to be shedding its gold plating. .
My apologies for the masculine singular. An ice storm here; all the vices of snow without its virtues, with apologies to George Gordon and...
@Bronwen - I can't improve upon the site which you referenced at all. Bravo! .
@Tad - With that Northwind motif at the botton, it looks like a knockoff of a Bradley Hubbard design:...
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Of course they were. .
@Bronwen - The date letter appears to be س which your chart shows as 1959 to 1961, as well as 2008 and 2009.
Thanks. I really asked only because embossing usually involves a double-die process which precludes edges "waving," owed to the backing die...
Separate names with a comma.