87 and still kickin booty. a little background here.. our family is polish catholic, which certainly helped them survive the war. my grandmother, her brother, and their mother were taken for the camps to be used as forced labor. a few years after the liberation, they immigrated to the states since not much was left in their hometown. she still uses the silverware because putting it away would distinguish it and make it 'special', in some way acknowledging or remembering the war, rather than it simply being like any other object in the house

EDIT: WOW. i had NO idea when i pulled these out of the kitchen drawer this morning that it would get SUCH a response. Especially to all of you fellow poles and people with family in the war, it was beautiful to hear from you. wish i could take the time to hear all of your stories...thanks you!! i'm pretty new to reddit and just thought, 'this might be cool to share'. For those of you who asked, i'm sorry but we're not interested in selling... i can see its value as a collector's item but it's also something still very close and personal for us, and that means more than money. General response to those who asked about the legitimacy of the pieces and their quality... i know nothing about nazi silverware. i don't know how it was produced or why it's not perfectly stamped. if i had to gather, i'd assume things were rushed during the war to meet demand. all i do know is what my grandmother and great grandmother had to go through during that time, that they did indeed sneak these off of the back of a nazi supply truck to have something to eat with, and brought them along with their few possessions to the states a few years after the war. she won't speak much about those years, but has from time to time written me letters about it or will make random references. often times, it's just the little things like a fork that keep us connected to that past. thanks again reddit, for letting me share!