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  1. Nov 22, 2006, 04:22 AM
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    russian, but what about its worth?

    i have something similar to this, except mine wasn't made into a necklace medallion...
    trying to find a pic of the front also...
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  2. Nov 22, 2006, 07:53 AM #2
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    Re: russian, but what about its worth?

    Why Russian? The language is German and means something like, "Chief Municipality. January 6, 1820."

    Can you post a link to the source of the photo?

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  3. Nov 22, 2006, 08:18 AM
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    Re: russian, but what about its worth?

    the place i found the picture said it was russian... an auction sitehttp://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...ail%2f343.html
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    Re: russian, but what about its worth?

    Quote Originally Posted by 98 gt
    the place i found the picture said it was russian... an auction sitehttp://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...ail%2f343.html
    Okay, thanks! I see that the site attributes it to Dorpat, which is described as, "...a town on the Embach, in Livonia, Russia, 150 m. NE. of Riga...the majority of the population is German." [http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-Nut...d/dorpat.html]

    Guess that explains it. Interesting piece!
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