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Hi, I have been trying to identify the hallmarks on this silver cigarette box for over a week without any success.

The marks that I can make out have me confused. The mark in the middle looks like a thistle, yet the mark on the right looks like some sort of Asian symbol?

I apologise in advance if this is in the wrong forum, as I am completely unsure what the country of origin is?

Any help whatsoever is greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Hi, your image with the marks is not clear. Egypt left to right, 1.) assay office identifier- Cairo, above fineness mark = 90% silver. 2.) The Nymphaea lotus flower blossom silver hallmark, used 1946-2005.
3.) Egyptian year-date hallmark (Z) ـز used Jan.1953- Oct. 1959.

Peter

Source; Hallmark Research Institute World Hallmarks Volume II, Asia , Middle East, Africa, Danusia V. Niklewicz, Lindy L. Matula, William B. Whetstone.

Wow, thank you so much pep for the detailed information despite my poor photograph!

Looking at the design of the box Egypt makes a lot of sense. Here is a photo of the front side -

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Trev.