tamrock
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This I picked up today for $8.71. When I got to my truck the 1st thing I googled was Turkish Cigarette Case and a couple similar examples came up. One reference I searched was the Turkish Ottoman Army insignia which lead me to the house of Osman, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_dynasty which does look like what's on this case, but not exactly. I'm not 100% sure it's silver though, but maybe the alloy know as German Silver. It's decorated with what's known as neillo.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niello , Inside there is a stamped mark done twice of XP.XAP, and I'm thinking is a makers mark.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niello , Inside there is a stamped mark done twice of XP.XAP, and I'm thinking is a makers mark.
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