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corrado26 · 27th June 2021, 05:16 PM

I think the man who cut the letters into the blade was no German speaking individuum, may be a Hungarian or Serbian - the Habsburg Empire was of many nationalities at that time - probably he had no idea how SOLINGEN has to be written correctly

27th June 2021, 05:16 PM	#2
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,204	I think the man who cut the letters into the blade was no German speaking individuum, may be a Hungarian or Serbian - the Habsburg Empire was of many nationalities at that time - probably he had no idea how SOLINGEN has to be written correctly