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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 251303, member: 44&quot;]The lighter seems to have an Italian 1944 to 1968 standard form maker&#039;s mark lozenge with cut sides to the right of &quot;Sterling.&quot; These lozenges contain the maker&#039;s number and the abbreviation of the province where the silversmith is registered. I can&#039;t make out the number on yours. It may be a digit figure like 108?? The province abbreviation is a &quot;F&quot; and another letter. The 2nd letter could be an &quot;I&quot; for Firenze (Florence), &quot;E&quot; for Ferrara, &quot;R&quot; for Flosinone, etc... I just can&#039;t make out the 2nd letter.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, these lozenges from 1933 to 1944 had a &quot;fasces&quot; in the middle of them. When Musselinis Fascist Party fell in WWII, &quot;the &#039;fasces&#039; symbol was obliterated from the maker&#039;s mark.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fitalian_marks_01.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fitalian_marks_01.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Fitalian_marks_01.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]77498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]77499[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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