Regensburg "H": Maker "IGC/K"

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Regensburg "H": Maker "IGC/K"

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Today I found those two colossal buttons. I suppose they are from Regensburg. There is a letter above the crossed keys, most likely an "H".

When was this "H" used?
Who is "IGC/K"?

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Re: Regensburg "H": Maker "IGC/K"

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very interesting

Johann Georg Christoph Kahr

You can find him in Adressbook from 1847 but not as a goldsmith
He was a button maker.
http://bavarica.digitale-sammlungen.de/ ... 00120.html
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I am delighted you were able to identify the maker. Thank you!

I did not know those heart-shaped contours were used that long. Learning never stops.
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Re: Regensburg "H": Maker "IGC/K"

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in 1801 was a Gold- & Silversmith Johann Georg Christoph Kahr in Regensburg
but he was "Weiland" (death) as is son Georg Friedrich Christoph was born
so the 1847 maker was probably a son

I think You are right and it ist about from 1800

https://books.google.de/books?id=Ry1XAA ... hr&f=false
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+ 22.April 1801
37 years - 7 weeks old
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You never fail to amaze me. I am impressed!
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orthogonal wrote:You never fail to amaze me. I am impressed!
The letter is a "G" = Goldschmith
this is the equal hallmark
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this is later
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Haha, now that's why I only found the letter "G"! Thank you!
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