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Of course, Admin!

I assumed when I looked at the hallmark initials that they were right-side-up, in line with the other hallmarks beside it. I never considered that this last hallmark might have stamped upside down. And you can see the result of this brilliant observation, Admin, with Hose-DK's ...

Thanks for your input.

I don't know why this spoon lacks a month mark. Apparently not every piece was marked with one as you would have expected as witnessed by the fact that this one has none. So the only conclusion one can draw is that some had them, but others did not.

I guess the true mystery ...

I carefully looked once again at that last mark and can confirm that it does indeed read "MV" and not "NV".

Now, I have just talked to my 87-year old father over the phone to get more information on this spoon (including dates) and he related to me information that I don't recall having heard ...

By the way, Hose_dk, what do you make of the engraving of the crown & the initials at the other end of the spoon? I would understand the "HR" to simply be someone's initials which were engraved to denote original spoon ownership.

But why would they bother to engrave a crown? That's always been ...

Thanks for the info, Continue to be interested in whatever else you can tell me.

That last hallmark - the one in the last position, is the most difficult to read, even with a loupe, because of the handle curvature, but it appears to be the initials "MV".

The assumption in the family has always ...

I'm trying to obtain information on this large serving spoon has been in my family for many years. It came from my great, great grandfather, who was a Danish Royal Guard (with the red uniform & tall bearskin hat similar to the guards around Buckingham Palace in the UK). The "legend" in the family is ...