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embossed spoon ' Berlin '
British embossed spoon " Berlin " , silver-plated brass , 18.5 cm
POW art ?
There were two POW camps in the vicinity of Berlin; Döberitz and Dyrotz. The camp hospital was in the Alexandrinestrasse in Berlin. Among the first prisoners of Döberitz were men of the British Royal Naval Division taken POW after the siege of Antwerp in 1914.
The spoon has trademark/maker's mark ' The Potosi Silver Co of Birmingham ' ; this firm made silverware under this name from 1878 to 1910.
Potosi is a silver mining city in Bolivia.
embossed spoon ' Berlin '
British embossed spoon " Berlin " , silver-plated brass , 18.5 cm
POW art ?
There were two POW camps in the vicinity of Berlin; Döberitz and Dyrotz. The camp hospital was in the Alexandrinestrasse in Berlin. Among the first prisoners of Döberitz were men of the British Royal Naval Division taken POW after the siege of Antwerp in 1914.
The spoon has trademark/maker's mark ' The Potosi Silver Co of Birmingham ' ; this firm made silverware under this name from 1878 to 1910.
Potosi is a silver mining city in Bolivia.