Unknown European Hallmark on Pendant? AO, M (line through), 925 Control Mark

[flexaplex]

Any help with this hallmark would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

[flexaplex]

Forgot the back:

[flexaplex]

It's obviously a brooch not a pendant haha.

Is there no edit button here?

[dognose]

Hi,

The marks shown are fairly recent Irish import marks.

Trev.

[flexaplex]

Oh I see. Dublin import mark. Thank you.

[AG2012]

Hi,
The scale with 925 is Common Control Mark since 1972 (Ireland was a signatory).
The maker`s mark is obviously capital Alfa and cursive Delta of Greek alphabet.Cyprus was a signatory of international convention, Greece was not,so my guess it must have been made in Cyprus,being the only country beside Greece where Hellenic alphabet is used.
Regards

[AG2012]

On the other hand,the same letter d is seen in Gaelic script,so,it could be sponsor`s mark of Irish importer.
Regards

[legrandmogol]

I could be wrong as the picture is a bit blurry but to the extreme right of the sponsor mark is a Dutch small works sword mark indicating .833 minimum fineness and at the tip of the sword a key mark indicating the item was exported.

[oel]

Trinity Knot.

I doubt it to be a Dutch sword mark and export key used 1853-1953. The maker's mark to me appears to read AÒ

Peter.

[silvermakersmarks]

I would go with the "maker's" mark being the mark of the Irish importer / sponsor and that, as AG2012 suggests, it is A with a Gaelic "d".

Phil

[legrandmogol]

I am probably absolutely wrong but until I see a clearer picture of the mark I think maybe a sword, I wouldn't outright dismiss it. In my line of work, I come across a lot of small silver jewelry articles and I have seen enough of them to know that there was a time when the Netherlands produced a lot of small jewelry for export, particularly silver charms. And they weren't all windmills and clogs. They would often be German or English themed tourist items.