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Hi , I wonder if anyone on the forum could help me identify this ring that I bought ? I got it today from a local dealer who told me it had come from part of a large WW2 collection and that based on the other items they’d gotten from the collection they believed this ring to be an authentic German WW2 ring . Having a better look at it when I got home it seems to be hallmarked silver but the hallmark , to me , looks to be made in Birmingham , UK and possibly 1940’s which seems odd . I’ve not been able to find anything matching it online that has the same “ Meine ehre heist treue “ engraving in the inside with the totenkopf design on the outside . To me with my limited knowledge it’s looking like a fake , albeit an old one , produced after the war and probably not worth much either . Any help or opinions on this ring would be much appreciated , many thanks , Jamie Apologies but having problems uploading pics
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Hi Jamie73,
Welcome and thank you for posting. You are correct it's not an original TK ring.
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Yep, I‘m no Ehrenring expert but this is a poor copy. Authentic ones did not have the SS motto engraved on them. Sorry.
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Thanks for the input guys , appreciated
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So a quick update about this ring .. I took to back to the dealers who were very apologetic and offered a full refund . In the end I decided to keep the ring and they refunded 50% of what I’d paid for it so a good outcome for me as I still like the ring even if it’s not an original . After looking at the hallmarks in more detail pretty certain now that the ring was made in Birmingham by a silversmith called Albert Jackson in 1954 .
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