Very good points Joe!
T., ,Your comment about the marking not making sense on German made silver well,,
They also marked things 990 and then added 'Fine Silber', AND, many pieces had a content with the complete word 'Silber' next to it...
I've ask a few old time German jewelers a few years ago, and Germans that worked in the jewelry business, and when ask of them, they simply said the S means Silber..
- It can't mean exported from a Scandinavian country into Germany. But a possibility of is being a German made piece that is marked for export to a Scandinavian country is possible and will concede that, a possibility..
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Germany - All used a S after a content number and all the S means Silver.
For now I can offer this small tidbit ,,from 1943 publication:
"In Großdeutschland heute nicht mehr übliche Länderbezeichnungen mußten hier beibehalten werden, weil auch die Zeichen dieser Länder noch im Verkehr sind."
I [and many others] own pieces of silver jewelry that we know 100% were made in 3rd reich Germany and some marked with an S.
T., ,Your comment about the marking not making sense on German made silver well,,
They also marked things 990 and then added 'Fine Silber', AND, many pieces had a content with the complete word 'Silber' next to it...
I've ask a few old time German jewelers a few years ago, and Germans that worked in the jewelry business, and when ask of them, they simply said the S means Silber..
- It can't mean exported from a Scandinavian country into Germany. But a possibility of is being a German made piece that is marked for export to a Scandinavian country is possible and will concede that, a possibility..
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Germany - All used a S after a content number and all the S means Silver.
For now I can offer this small tidbit ,,from 1943 publication:
"In Großdeutschland heute nicht mehr übliche Länderbezeichnungen mußten hier beibehalten werden, weil auch die Zeichen dieser Länder noch im Verkehr sind."
I [and many others] own pieces of silver jewelry that we know 100% were made in 3rd reich Germany and some marked with an S.
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