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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 400526, member: 2844&quot;]Kgl. and Bayer. are abbreviations for Königlich Bayerischer. So Königlich Bayerischer Hofsilberarbeiter.</p><p>Bayern is Bavaria, capital München, Munich as Davey said. Bavaria was a kingdom from 1806-1918.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were two types of Hoflieferanten or court suppliers, for the two courts. One was for the royal court, they were allowed to carry the predicate Königlich Bayerischer Hoflieferant, or in this case Silberarbeiter.</p><p>The other was for the ducal court, they were allowed to carry the predicate Herzoglich Bayerischer Hoflieferant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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