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

[Frank Schultz]

This is unmistakably the letter "F".
You can find plenty of images that confirm this by typing "antique letter F" into the google search engine and then go onto "images".

> On Dec 22, 2016, at 13:50, Joanna Hintz <hintzjoanna at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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