posted on Jun, 26 2022 @ 07:47 AM
a reply to:
Spacespider
Be careful about restoring it-maybe ask someone from a museum/universary history dept.
Sometimes older items lose value if you clean off the patina.
I wonder if you got in touch with the right people in the Danish military,they may be able to help you find out what the inscription means.
Maybe its initials of one of your ancestors or details of the unit they were in.
Iv'e got a few bits from my great grandfathers including a glass hip flask which by some miracle survived the battle of Verdun,and an old 1912 penny
which another relative rubbed smooth on one side while undergoing constant shelling in the trenches..the fidget spinner of the day.
Its cool finding out the stories of our ancestors through the items they leave us.
It gives us a more direct connection to them IMO.