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Altona City Mark Variations on this three tower mark used since early 18th cent.
Similar to Hamburg mark, but usually with conical towers.
Sometimes with date letter in the gate. |
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Augsburg City Mark Beginning in 1763, a letter
was added below the pomegranate to indicate the date. |
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Bemberg City Mark Variations on the letter B were used from the 17th century through the 19th century, sometimes including a Loth number. Also used was shield cartouche containing a lion rampant with a diagonal slash across it. |
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Berlin City Mark Beginning in the mid-18th century, a letter was added within the standing bear's circle to indicate the date. |
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Bremen City Mark The key is sometimes seen in a shield shaped cartouche. |
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Breslau City Mark Variations on this face were used from the 17th century through the 19th century, sometimes with Loth standard number. In the 19th century 2 digit date letters were added below.
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Dessau City Mark Variations on the block letter D were used from the 17th century through the early 19th century when it was changed to a script letter D.
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Dresden City Mark Variations on the crossed swords and D were used from the early 18th century through the late 19th century.
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Elbing City Mark Now Elblag in Poland |
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Erfurt City Mark Variations on the block letter E were used from the 17th century through the late 18th century. The cartouche shield can be lobed (as example), plain or oval. |
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Flensburg City Mark Depicts a castle tower with a partial lion passant extending to the left from center. |
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Frankfurt am Main City Mark Illustrated is a late 18th cent. example, earlier versions lacked the standard number and were in a circular cartouche, sometimes with an F on the eagle's breast. |
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Goerlitz City Mark Sometimes seen with a "12" included above the crown. |
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Greiffenberg City Mark Some of the small towns in the Pomerania region of Germany also used the same mark. |
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Hamburg City Marks ~ 19th Century
Included with maker's marks. The three tower
and gate mark was used from the 17th century
and was rendered within of a shield form until
the late 18th cent. Beginning in the early 18th
century, a letter was placed within the castle
gate as a date mark. |
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Hanau City Mark Seen with or without the loth number above the chevrons. Beginning in the mid 19th Century, hallmarking rules were rescinded and many Hanau silversmiths used antique looking 'fantasy' marks. |
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Karlsruhe City Mark The diagonal emblazon is sometimes seen across a shield form, rather than the oval illustrated here. |
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Kassel City Mark The shield form evolved into a circle in the latter eighteenth century and a date letter was added below.
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Kiel City Mark Stylized nettle leaf, the same mark is used by a number of other cities also located within the Schleswig-Holstein region. |
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Königsberg City Mark Illustrated is a mid 19th cent. example, earlier versions lacked the standard (loth) number. |
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Leipzig City Mark Variations on the crossed swords and L were used from the early 18th century through the late 19th century.
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Lubeck City Mark Variations on the double headed eagle were used from ca.1500 through the 18th century. |
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Mainz City Mark Variations on this wheel symbol were used from the 16th through late 19th century. Usually without the crown at the top. The city of Mulhouse also used a wheel, however it is a gear wheel with toothed edges. |
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Munich City Mark (München) The angel was used, in one form or another,
from the 17th century through the late 19th century,
date numerals began in the mid 18th century. |
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Nurnberg City Mark (Nuremburg) Beginning in the 1760's, a date letter was used,
but as a separate stamp from the city mark. |
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Prussia Region Tax mark, used between 1809 and 1812, initials stand for King Friedrich Wilhelm.
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Saulgau City Mark
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Stade City Mark Similar to Bremen |
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Stuttgart City Mark The rearing horse was used in the 16th & 17th centuries. From the 18th through late 19th century, it evolved into a running horse and acquired a date code letter below his belly.
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Ulm City Mark Variations on this shield were used from the 16th through late 19th century. Sometimes without the rabbit ears at the top. |
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