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Help with Brooch
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:51 pm
by jase770
Hi all
Just wondering if anyone can enlighten me as to the date and possible maker of this brooch. I think its from Moscow but thats all I know. Thanks in advance.
Re: Help with Brooch
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:56 pm
by jase770
It has what looks to me like a star and sickle and 875 along with what looks like D8.
Re: Help with Brooch
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:37 pm
by jase770
Sorry, that is KD 8 and a star with a sickle. BTW...why cant I edit this post?
Re: Help with Brooch
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:25 am
by Qrt.S
Your photo of the marks is too small and out of focus. Try to take a better photo using a tripod and the camera's macro facility. It symbol is usually a flower/tulip. Anyway, If you have a star and a sickle, it is a Soviet made object as from 1958-1991 You should have a capital letter left of the star. What letter, an M would be for Moscow? But you said KD8? D is not a Cyrillic letter, are you sure?
Re: Help with Brooch
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:41 am
by jase770
This is the best photo I could come up with. Hope this helps.
Re: Help with Brooch
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:48 am
by Qrt.S
Seems to be a Cyrillic "P" that would be Riga in Latvia. I don't know the maker.
Re: Help with Brooch
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:00 pm
by Dad
If maker mark is KD 8. Maker isKlaipeda art factory "Daile"
Riga's assay office, 1958 or 1968.
Best regards
Re: Help with Brooch
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:54 pm
by jase770
Dad wrote:If maker mark is KD 8. Maker isKlaipeda art factory "Daile"
Riga's assay office, 1958 or 1968.
Best regards
Yes it is KD 8. I think I need a better camera for these kind of photos. Thanks for the info. :-)