Seener53
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- Jul 22, 2012
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The other day while snowed in I was looking through my silver rings found in 2013. I came across an ugly homemade silver ring with a mercury dime head mounted on top. I found this ring back in January at an old swimming hole. Upon closer inspection I found inscriptions on each side, side 1 says "ORAN", Side 2 says "N. Africa". So with a little detective help from the wife, we figured out that this was a hand made trench art ring made from coin silver in Oran North Africa during WW2! Back in 1943-1945 US and allies were station in Oran North Africa placing this ring to that timeframe. Also during research I found 2 other examples of very similar design rings with the same story. Pretty neat story if you think about it... A homemade ring found halfway around the world
Oh and the ring weighs in at 8.42 grams, so a half dollar was probably used to make the signet part and a cut out mercury dime for the top. Thanks for reading and Happy Hunting!
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