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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 4291503, member: 59"]Hanau (only n) is not always sterling, but in this case, it was assayed in England upon import (the second set of marks.) The lion rampant is the English mark for sterling. The F is the import mark and the SBL is the mark of the "sponsor" who submitted the item for marking. The crown is for Sheffield and the lower case h is the date code.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll look at the Hanau pages and assuming I can find Karl Kurz etc there and the SBL in the Sheffield pages I'll be back with more info.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 4291503, member: 59"]Hanau (only n) is not always sterling, but in this case, it was assayed in England upon import (the second set of marks.) The lion rampant is the English mark for sterling. The F is the import mark and the SBL is the mark of the "sponsor" who submitted the item for marking. The crown is for Sheffield and the lower case h is the date code. I'll look at the Hanau pages and assuming I can find Karl Kurz etc there and the SBL in the Sheffield pages I'll be back with more info.[/QUOTE]
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