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Need Help - mysterious object identification. Could it be Polish?


Misterdsp  1 | 3  
31 Aug 2012 /  #1
Hi,

I recently dug up this object in my belgian garden. It's an iron/tin cup with a length of 4 cm. It has a white eagle against a red background. On the belly of the eagle there are two letters: CF.

Could this be Polish? (They liberated Belgium in the second world war) And what would the CF stand for?

thanks in advance.

Here you can see the pic:

warrelics.eu/forum/polish-armed-forces-second-republic-si-y-zbroj ne-ii-rzeczypospolitej-polskiej-1918-1939/mysterious-tin-cup-hera ldic-eagle -210975/
Lodz_The_Boat  32 | 1522  
31 Aug 2012 /  #2
Why dont you attach the pic here? I cannot see the pic of the mug you just mentioned.
OP Misterdsp  1 | 3  
31 Aug 2012 /  #3
this is the picture!!



Wroclaw Boy  
31 Aug 2012 /  #4
that is a mysterious object
sobieski  106 | 2111  
31 Aug 2012 /  #5
Could be a drinking cup of 1st Polish Armored Division. I will ask my partner's uncle, a retired army colonel.
OP Misterdsp  1 | 3  
31 Aug 2012 /  #6
at Wroclaw boy: If you would find a Belgian cup in your wroclaw garden, it could be classified as mysterious. But I know this isn't exactly Harry Potters wizzardstick. ;-)

Thank u guys for the effort!
Wroclaw Boy  
31 Aug 2012 /  #7
If you would find a Belgian cup in your wroclaw garden

Dude if i found a Belgian cup in my back garden it would have to have Belgian written all over it and then I'd be like "ahh so the Belgians did invent a time machine after all". Sneaky so and so's....
isthatu2  4 | 2692  
31 Aug 2012 /  #8
Is there a grove in the base of the cup?
If so it could be(there are a LOT of versions) a german army cup from a tropical water bottle ( as used by the Africa Korps) this could easily be a War booty piece found by a Polish soldier in North Africa who then served in the Liberation of the Low Countries.
pawian  220 | 24941  
1 Sep 2012 /  #9
Dude if i found a Belgian cup in my back garden it would have to have Belgian written all over it

Free education from Pawian for Wrocłaf Boy: There is no Belgian language. :):):):):)

Check your encyclopeadias to find out all about it. Come back and tell us what you found.
PolkaTagAlong  10 | 186  
1 Sep 2012 /  #10
here is no Belgian language. :):):):):)

Even I knew that teehee
Lodz_The_Boat  32 | 1522  
1 Sep 2012 /  #11
dig deeper, who knows, you might find a skeleton?
Zibi  - | 335  
1 Sep 2012 /  #12
letters: CF.

Methinks it is not CF but a gothic-styled E. And while the eagle and the colors remind me of the polish coats of arms, the true meaning remains indeed a mystery.
boletus  30 | 1356  
1 Sep 2012 /  #13
The letters CF could stand for City of Frankfurt (on Main). It's coat of arms is almost identical as Poland's coat of arms, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wappen_Frankfurt_am_Main.svg
Wulkan  - | 3136  
1 Sep 2012 /  #14
it would have to have Belgian written all over it

How ignorant you have to be not to know that there's no such a thing like Belgian language
Zibi  - | 335  
1 Sep 2012 /  #15
It's coat of arms is almost identical to Poland's coat of arms,

Indeed. And their colors look alike as well.
OP Misterdsp  1 | 3  
1 Sep 2012 /  #16
Mystery Solved, I found out it's in fact the old logo of the Eintrach Frankfurt Football Club :-), Nothing to do with Poland... Thanks for the help guys!
Polsyr  6 | 758  
2 Sep 2012 /  #17
Football Club

Good job! I actually checked every football club logo I could think of and could not find the one!

The letters C and F usually imply some kind of football club, although the similarity to the Polish coat of arms can be misleading...
isthatu2  4 | 2692  
2 Sep 2012 /  #18
There is no Belgian language.

Lols...try telling a Belgian that they speak French or Dutch and then come back and tell us again there is no Belgian languages ;)
Polsyr  6 | 758  
2 Sep 2012 /  #19
Flemish anyone?

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