HALLMARKS OF GERMAN SILVER
MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF GERMANY
- 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY (POST 1888) -

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German hallmarking system was unified in 1888 adopting the nation mark "crescent and crown" indicating the silver fineness in thousandths . This system is still in use in present days.
German national mark from 1888

The previous system was based on different town marks and the silver fineness was indicated in "loth" (12 loth corresponding to 750/1000, 13 loth = 812/1000, 14 loth = 875/1000, 15 loth = 937/1000)

GERMAN SILVER HALLMARKS OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY (post 1888)

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SILVERSMITHS (click on name for image and information):
A.W.B - Bahner Franz - Behrnd Hermann - Bemberg Fritz - Binder Wilhelm - Bleyer Heinr. Jr - Bohm Hugo - Bremer Silberwaren-Fabrik AG - BRUCKMANN&SÖHNE - Deyhle Gebrüder - Dingeldein Gebrüder - Eispert Julius, later Eispert Richard - Friedländer Gebrüder - Gerber Fritz - Gayer & Krauss, - GOWE - Grimminger Jakob - Haegermann Gustav - Haub C. - Heiden Theodor - Heisler C. - Hermann Emil - Herz Julius - Hessenberg & Co - HKJ - Jager & Co - Kaltenbach Karl & Sohne - Kern - Koberlin Gebruder - Köberlin Richard - Koch&Bergfeld - Korner&Proll - Kraft Robert - Krakau - Kühn Gebrüder - Kunz J. & Co - Kurz Gottlieb - Langer & Gunther - Lemor Julius - Lutz&Weiss - Manns Adam & Sohn - Mayer Adolph - Mayer Martin - Meyen H. & Co - Mosgau Franz - Muller Wilhelm - Paulmann J W & Sohn - Plaz & Kalber G.m.b.H. - Posen Lazarus - Reiner Gebrüder - Reusswig Friedrich - Rieth - Robbe&Berking - Rosenau Simon - Rosenthal - Rossdeuthscher & Reisig - Rückert M.J. - A. Schollkopf - Pforzheim - Schleißner J.D. Söhne - Schlingloff J.L. - Schnauffer - Schulze Wilhelm - Seybold & Hirschhauer - Tewes G. - Vietor E.L. - Weinranck & Schmidt - Widmann Christoph - WILKENS&SÖHNE - WMF -

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G. Tewes
G. Tewes
Christoph Widmann (possibly) - Bremen-Hemelingen
Christoph Widmann (possibly) - Bremen-Hemelingen
beginning 19th c./end of 20th c.
Gowe
GOWE
Simon Rosenau, Bad Kissingen
Simon Rosenau, Bad Kissingen
not identified
not identified
Weinranck & Schmidt Weinranck & Schmidt
Weinranck & Schmidt - Hanau
Martin Mayer - Mainz Martin Mayer - Mainz Martin Mayer - Mainz Mayer Martin Gmb.H.
Martin Mayer Gmb H. - Bauhofstr. 2, Mainz

A dependency as wholesaler and suppliers-contact, was in Badgasse 7, Pforzheim.
The firm used the M, "Wheel" ("Mainzer Rad"), above the "Wheel" a 'normally' six pointed "Star", M in a horizontal oval.

Additional information from Adress- und Handbuch für das deutsche Goldschmiedegewerbe, Hrsg.: Redaktion der Deutschen Goldschmiede-Zeitung. Verlag von Wilhelm Diebener, Leipzig 1903:
p. 20 - Bijouterie-Fabrications, numb. 502a; p.47 - Gold- and Silverwares Wholesalers, numb. 1255a.

The numeral "30" in the second mark photo is an "MM" internal indication for their product-supplier.

Martin Mayer GmbH, Mainz used also the mark "Wheel of Maguntia with a star on the right side".

The firm never made Plated products.
not identified
not identified
not identified
not identified
Fritz Bemberg, Pforzheim
Fritz Bemberg, Pforzheim
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Hermann Behrnd - Dresden c. 1890 Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen 1899 Robbe & Berking - Flensburg Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century Lazarus Posen (widow of) - Berlin & Frankfurt/Main 20th century C.Haub (son) - Hanau - end of 19th century Jakob Grimminger - Schwabisch Gmund Muller Wilhelm Wilhelm Binder - Schwäbisch Gmünd H. Meyen & Co (possibly) - Berlin A.W.B- not identified Wilhelm Schulze - Bremen Lutz & Weiss - Pforzheim Robbe & Berking, Giffhorn WILKENS & SÖHNE Hemelingen Rieth BRUCKMANN & SÖHNE - Heilbronn Gayer & Krauss - Schwabish- Gmund Theodor Heiden - Munchen J.D.Schleißner Söhne - Hanau Gebrüder Kühn - Schwäbisch Gmünd Franz Bahner - Düsseldorf Fritz Gerber & Co - Gorlitz/Schlesien Friedrich Reusswig - Hanau C.Heisler - Mannheim Richard Köberlin - Döbeln/Sachsen Gebrüder Reiner Gebrüder Reiner A. Schollkopf Gebrüder Friedländer - Berlin KÖRNER & PROLL - Berlin Robert Kraft, Pforzheim Gebrüder Deyhle, Schwäbisch Gmund Emil Hermann, Waldstetten G. Tewes Christoph Widmann GOWE Simon Rosenau, Bad Kissingen Fritz Bemberg, Pforzheim Hugo Bohm - Schwäbisch Gmund Gebrüder Dingeldein, Hanau M.J. Rückert, Mainz Bremer Silberwaren-Fabrik AG - Bremen Rosenthal Franz Mosgau, Hamburg Seybold & Hirschhauer, Schwäbisch-Gmünd H.Meyen & Co, Berlin Mayer Martin Gmb.H. Rossdeuthscher & Reisig - Breslau Gottlieb Kurz - Schwabish-Gmund Gottlieb Kurz - Schwabish-Gmund E.L. Vietor - Darmstadt WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik not identified not identified WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik go to Lazarus Posen Witwe details not identified Hessenberg & Co, Frankfurt a.M Julius Herz KERN, not identified HKJ, not identified J. W. Paulmann & Sohn - Bremen not identified Heinr.Bleyer Jr.- Chemnitz Eispert Julius, later Eispert Richard WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik not identified Weinranck & Schmidt Martin Mayer - Mainz Martin Mayer - Mainz not identified not identified Franz Bahner, Mansfelder Silber Adolph Mayer - Frankfurt am Main Langer & Gunther - Lichtenstein - Callember Krakau - not identified Christoph Widmann - Bremen-Hemelingen go to not identified details go to not identified details go to Julius Lemor - Breslau details go to not identified details go to not identified details go to not identified details go to not identified details go to Koberlin Gebruder go to Kunz J. & Co Bremer Silberwaren-Fabrik AG - Bremen H. Meyen & Co (possibly) - Berlin WMF - Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik Jager & Co Plaz & Kalber G.m.b.H. Schlingloff J.L. Koch & Bergfeld - Bremen 1899 Richard Köberlin - Döbeln/Sachsen Manns Adam & Sohn - Dornigheim b. Hanau Kaltenbach Karl & Sohne - Stuttgart
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