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Originally Posted by allan.mclane
Closed at the top, open at the bottom = M
Closed at the bottom, open at the top = W
The trouble is that the engraver got three of the four openings closed and the more I look at it, the less I am sure what was intended. All the serifs (ornamentation strokes) are there for both letters. At least the crown is upright!
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I agree. I don't see the opening up top and some of the fonts have the serif (new word for me) that make that break at the top. They don't do it on the gun letter. Again the only thing that I see consistent between german lettering for the M and W's is that break under that first line or leg of the letter.
The crown and the letter on a gun that Garth sent a link to was clearly a W for Wilhelm, which was one of the Kaisers. This one is confusing at least to me. Anyway its a moderately fun and interesting discussion.