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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10441325, member: 2844"]Yes.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Every country around here made them.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The fact that it was sold on Helgoland doesn't necessarily mean it was made in Germany. On the other hand, if there are no assay marks, it is likely to be German. Nearly every other country that made these used proper assay marks. The rather austere style could also indicate Germany.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10441325, member: 2844"]Yes.:) Every country around here made them.;) The fact that it was sold on Helgoland doesn't necessarily mean it was made in Germany. On the other hand, if there are no assay marks, it is likely to be German. Nearly every other country that made these used proper assay marks. The rather austere style could also indicate Germany.[/QUOTE]
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