[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Off Topic: Help Interpreting old German Letter Engraved in Silver

[Joanna Hintz]

Peter,

See here:

http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Deutsche_Kurrentschrift-2.png&imgrefurl=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Kurrentschrift&h=355&w=619&tbnid=O9CHzDKCBIqLFM:&vet=1&tbnh=90&tbnw=157&docid=1VfkKK3seZ7kDM&client=firefox-b&usg=__ah9HiFiorXThS64rk3CgRi3Efk4=&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPofaouojRAhWiLcAKHeVCCbEQ9QEIKjAB

I think, it is an "F".

Ursula

2016-12-22 18:09 GMT+01:00 Peter (chamdo4ever) <chamdo4ever at gmail.com>:

> Many thanks to everyone who replied here on the list, over on Dropbox,
> and to me privately.
>
> The unanimous consensus is that it is a letter "F" -- and frankly, I
> don't disagree. My Father always felt it was an "S" through the day he
> died.
>
> The trouble with it being an "F" as opposed to an "S," is that I have
> no idea how it fits into my family genealogically. The silver has been
> in the family for at least four or five generations and the "S" makes
> complete and total sense in that regard. Being an "F" does not at
> all... in fact, it opens up a very significant mystery.
>
> Anyhow, many thanks to all those who replied.
>
> Happy Holidays,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:44 AM, Rose Ingram <roseingram at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > I agree with Susan.  An F
> >
> > Rose
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Susan Eipert
> > To: Peter (chamdo4ever)
> > Cc: SGGEE
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 10:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Off Topic: Help Interpreting old
> German
> > Letter Engraved in Silver
> >
> > F
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Peter (chamdo4ever) <
> chamdo4ever at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> Seasons greetings.
> >>
> >> Apologies for the OT post, but the community here is so kind and
> >> helpful, I figured that this was as good a place to start as any.
> >>
> >> From my German heritage, my family has an old set of silver which has
> >> been passed down through a few generations. My Father knew the story
> >> behind it, and I'm glad to have his record of that.
> >>
> >> That said, the silver has a single letter engraved on it and while I
> >> know what my Father said it was, to me, it isn't so clear and obvious.
> >>
> >> So, members of the SGGEE Community who have knowledge of old German
> >> scripts (particularly if they are engraved in silver), please click
> >> here if you have a moment and let me know what letter you see:
> >>
> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ht8bh1u6vu1insm/Silver.jpg?dl=0
> >>
> >> Of course after some responses come in, I'll be glad to tell you what
> >> my family believes the letter to be. Perhaps they will even be the
> >> same.
> >>
> >> And If anyone knows of a better place for me to post about this,
> >> please let me know.
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> Peter
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