I see: STADTSCHU... And I agree with SIS - The seal matches that coat of arms. EDIT EDIT EDIT Could it be Stadtschloss? (City Palace/Castle)?
I can see "Stadt" ("City" or "Town")...but not much else.
In that case, it's probably celluloid. Oh, and the other one isn't sterling. It just looks like it.
[IMG] Bought these today. Ivory and tortoise-shell pocket-knives. Cleaned, oiled and sharpened. Ready for service!! I know what ivory looks...
LOL!! I was about to say the same thing!!
Glad I was of some help! They're both beautiful watches, worthy of restoration. It won't be cheap, but the personal satisfaction will be immense.
They look like rather standard pocketwatches...With gold cases they might be worth repairing, but it's going to be very expensive. You need new...
I used sewing-machine oil, paper-towels and cotton-buds to clean out the grooves in my cabinet. Start with the bits that are easiest to clean....
It looks in amazing condition if it is 400 years old.
I paid $100 for mine about 18 months ago. A bit steep, perhaps, but I knew if I didn't buy it then, I'd probably never get another chance to find...
I found the last piece about a week ago at the flea-market. I knew if I searched long enough, it'd pop up. It was one of the easier pieces to...
Quite correct. I was missing the shuttle-tension screwdriver. Now that I have one, it is officially complete! :)
Most of these which I see online (in fact, I think all of them which I've seen online) always have bits missing. Mine is the only one I've ever...
The 70s was when police whistles died out. They were replaced by walkie-talkies and such things, shortly after that. [IMG] My entire whistle...
Dave is essentially correct. Trench whistles and police whistles were more or less the same thing. The only thing that made them different was the...
100 years old this year. My new 1915 trench whistle manufactured by the famous Joseph Hudson whistle company :) Got this in the post from a chap...
Uh...ok. Wow.
Hi Brad, Springfield, Yes, those were my conclusions as well. If I HAD to date this, my guess was the republican era of China, somewhere between...
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