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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 381386, member: 2844"]The crown is the imperial crown. It emphasized and enforced the status of the Hohenzollerns, so it was used as much as possible.</p><p>It was also used by companies who had imperial warrant of appointment, which is probably why Tettau was allowed to use it. Those companies could have been in any part of the German empire, including Bavaria.</p><p>The imperial crown:</p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FzIfw0kTruc/UwaQo3PMc_I/AAAAAAAAX1o/Brf7W9YP8Ag/s1600/State+Crown+of+the+German+Empire+-+Deutsches+Reich+-+Kaiserkrone+-+Art+of+Heraldry+-+Peter+Crawford.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although the crown is on the front of the salad plate for the Kaiser's yacht, to show it is for imperial use, the mark on the back is a different mark, a Reichsapfel or orb.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 381386, member: 2844"]The crown is the imperial crown. It emphasized and enforced the status of the Hohenzollerns, so it was used as much as possible. It was also used by companies who had imperial warrant of appointment, which is probably why Tettau was allowed to use it. Those companies could have been in any part of the German empire, including Bavaria. The imperial crown: [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FzIfw0kTruc/UwaQo3PMc_I/AAAAAAAAX1o/Brf7W9YP8Ag/s1600/State+Crown+of+the+German+Empire+-+Deutsches+Reich+-+Kaiserkrone+-+Art+of+Heraldry+-+Peter+Crawford.png[/IMG] Although the crown is on the front of the salad plate for the Kaiser's yacht, to show it is for imperial use, the mark on the back is a different mark, a Reichsapfel or orb.[/QUOTE]
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