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<p>[QUOTE="Barn Owl, post: 408663, member: 4864"]Picked up these two at a flea market today. The woman running the stand said the case was silver, but it has some veridigris on it. It's pretty worn, but I liked the engraving enough to justify purchasing, even if it wasn't silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is engraved with the coat of arms and names of different cities. I can only make out Antverp, Haunaui, namur, Luxembourg, and a name that looks like Brabant. The lions are standing over a banner with letters that look like L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE</p><p><br /></p><p>On the side of the watch appear to be the letters LÉGA, possibly with a L at the end. The inside of the case has some illegible markings and the numbers 193478.</p><p><br /></p><p>The brooch looks like it has some art glass. I'm trying to figure out how old it is and where it came from. Any ideas?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]142318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142319[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142320[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142322[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142323[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142324[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Barn Owl, post: 408663, member: 4864"]Picked up these two at a flea market today. The woman running the stand said the case was silver, but it has some veridigris on it. It's pretty worn, but I liked the engraving enough to justify purchasing, even if it wasn't silver. It is engraved with the coat of arms and names of different cities. I can only make out Antverp, Haunaui, namur, Luxembourg, and a name that looks like Brabant. The lions are standing over a banner with letters that look like L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE On the side of the watch appear to be the letters LÉGA, possibly with a L at the end. The inside of the case has some illegible markings and the numbers 193478. The brooch looks like it has some art glass. I'm trying to figure out how old it is and where it came from. Any ideas? [ATTACH=full]142318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142319[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142320[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142322[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142323[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142324[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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