tamrock
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I got this at a Humane Society thrift store on the road a couple weeks ago for 3 bucks. It's a memento piece from some serviceman who must have been involved in the North African campaign of 1943. I've read that both the Allies and the Germans had these mementos of their time in the war in North Africa, so being I found it here the US I can only guess it had belonged to an American, unless some American took it from a German soldier.? I was sure it was silver when I purchased it and I never noticed it had an itty-bitty hallmark on it til I got it out to look it over. I Google'd "Tunisia Silver Hallmarks" and got results right off the bat. It's know as the Tunisia "Moor Head Mark" for .800 or 80% pure silver dating from 1905 to 1942. Mark for small articles: Moor head (silver fineness .800) silver hallmark. Hallmarks [url]www.h.cx.[/url] I only wish it could talk to me about who originally owned it and what could they tell me of their time in North Africa during WWII. This little item will go in to my collection for now.