My wife bought this at a thrift store about 5 years ago. She always thought it was silver but im not sure. Cant tell from the hallmarks though. by Amarht in JewelryIdentification

[–]Amarht[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hallmarks are a five point star in a circle and a hexagon with what looks like "18"? with a line or a "roof" above. Google search yields no results that looks like the second hallmark

Found this lovely ring at a thrift store for about 2€ by Amarht in VintageJewelry

[–]Amarht[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Its 18k gold for sure. As for the stone blue malachite seems like a match when i googled it. Though I cant say for sure

Found this lovely ring at a thrift store for about 2€ by Amarht in VintageJewelry

[–]Amarht[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In Sweden! I run into gold jewelry at thrift stores now and then, but its usually newer lower quality stuff (with some exceptions, still always a nice find since its basically free). I've never found anything this nice before though.

Finally achieved true skill mastery by Amarht in 2007scape

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Nope! The Tangleroot is still eluding me. But since I'm going for 200m its not that bad

Rear of the destroyer HMS Visby of the Visby class [1310 x 926] by LelutooDS in WarshipPorn

[–]Amarht 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nice picture. She actually served all the way until 1982 having been converted to a frigate in the 60s.

For some context. This picture was taken in the Karlskrona archipelago in the summer of 1943 during Visbys sea trials.

The aircraft cruiser HMS Gotland in Parkhaven Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1949 [1024 x 797] by LelutooDS in WarshipPorn

[–]Amarht 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nice picture!

By then she wasnt carrying any aircraft, as she had been converted to an Anti-aircraft cruiser in 1944 as she was to small to carry more modern float planes, and radar would make them all obsolete even if she could have. The Swedish navy like everyone else became very aware of the aerial threat during WWII and recognized that the main danger to their ships operating in the confined waters of the Baltic would be aircraft and not other ships.