German Mastership Rim Deadlock The inscription reads:
FROM STEEL, IRON AND BRASS I WAS TAKEN.
FIRE, HAMMER, ANVIL HAVE MASTERED ME.
THROUGH FILING AND POLISHING FORCED INTO REFINEMENT.
THEREFORE I SUCCEEDED WITH GOD.
WITHOUT HIS POWER NOTHING CAN BE DONE.
JOHANN MARTINGERSTL (probably the locksmith) HAS MADE ME.
SCHWOBACH (Now spelt Schwabach, a town near Nuremberg, Germany) 1 NOVEMBER ANNO 1748
Size, Lock: 360mm x 194mm x 93mm. Key: 153mm. 1748.
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