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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4502015, member: 111"]Would suggest the mark is not a heart, but rather a shield bearing a coat of arms. Have seen numerous heart-shape marks, but unless it is the official Finnish crown-in-heart (which was closer to a trefoil until fairly well into the 20th century), wouldn't think Finnish more than anywhere else...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]394104[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Played around a bit with image that seemed clearest to me - don't believe it helped much at all:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]394107[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4502015, member: 111"]Would suggest the mark is not a heart, but rather a shield bearing a coat of arms. Have seen numerous heart-shape marks, but unless it is the official Finnish crown-in-heart (which was closer to a trefoil until fairly well into the 20th century), wouldn't think Finnish more than anywhere else... [ATTACH=full]394104[/ATTACH] Played around a bit with image that seemed clearest to me - don't believe it helped much at all: [ATTACH=full]394107[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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