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Hi,
Has anyone come across a skull ring like this? It looks more like an alien head than a human skull to me. The silver mark is 925 with a letter 'Z' in a box. Thanks folks,
Stephen
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I see your Z is in a box.. . Can't really see clear on my monitor,,,,does the Z itself look like this?
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I see your Z is in a box.. . Can't really see clear on my monitor,,,,does the Z itself look like this? Looks like a regular Z to me, Gaspare. The tail of the lower horizontal part of the Z is enlarged though.
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My best guess for now is Franz Ziehme.
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Thats pretty good Mikee!! , I have no idea,,just wondering if it matched what I posted. That is the Zeitner maaker mark...
I've also seen the ring with a more detail in the wings... Looks like a postwar cast ring.. I've seen your pattern before too.. I knew a guy that had a advert [line drawing] for the ring and insisting it was a wartime pattern but he would never explain or show anything that would have a date... Yours is a old ring,,just don't think it is wartime old..
- Anyone else have a example [new or old] of this pattern you could show us? , Thanks , G.
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My best guess for now is Franz Ziehme. Was he a silversmith/jeweller, Mikee? I have wondered if this ring is from the early 30s as it doesnât resemble any of the familiar Third Reich patterns.
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Hi G, No it matches pretty much to the mark on the ring except for the square border. But as far as I can find he's the only one with a plain old Z mark. Of course possibly more that I'm unaware of.. So for now that's as close as it comes until we find another with the square around the Z mark.
Hi Spitfire, Franze Ziehme is listed as a goldschmied from Artern Germany which by the way was in the former GDR. Best!
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