Can someone help with this number? Does it start with a 1? A 4? Or a 7? Thanks.
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Hi,
I would say it is a 7 because of the swinging top. The 1 does not have it.
regards
Dirk -
Hello,
I´d like to second Dirk: It´s a SEVEN.
Best Regards
Max_PorterComment
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It's the same figure as the one in the fifth position in the number!
Br. JamesComment
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It appears to lean more towards a 7, even though sevens many times had a dash across the leg during this period. Are there any other numbers on this page where you might be able to determine if it is a one or seven through the process of elimination? For example, if the same person filled out the date, what does the number 1 in the year look like compared to this character?
Richard VComment
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Thank you, I will go with the consensus that it is a 7. Thank you all for your help.Comment
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The 'mystery number' does appear to be a 7, given that the 1 and the 9 also on the same page, and apparently written in the same handwriting, are both different from this number.
Br. JamesComment
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The number was in fact no mystery at all. It was exactly as it should be written in one of the styles of the German Sütterlin-script, specifically as the Richtformen der Verkehrsschift from 1934. It looks in some ways as the 7 from the so-called Schulausgangsschrift from 1911 from Ludwig Sütterlin
With the Offenbacher-script from 1927 from Rudolf Koch the 7 should have a horizontal dash.Comment
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Glad it was no 'mystery' to YOU, my friend! Thanks for authoritatively clearing it up for those of us untrained in Sütterlin schrift!
Br. JamesComment
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Google "Sütterlin" and there you go
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