Silver bracelet - can you help with the date?

British Silver Reading Silver Hallmarks
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Hi everyone,

My first posting… please can you help me date this bracelet that was given to my mother by her grandmother about 1943. I think it is silver and from Birmingham?? But the date alludes me. It looks slightly yellow and I didn’t even know it was silver until I started looking at the hallmarks. Every link in the bracelet chain is hallmarked! Is that normal?

Thanks for your help,

Tulip
Silver Bracelet Closeup rear1.jpg

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You are correct with silver and Birmingham, but the date is 1960, so I’m afraid your family story is a little out of kilter.

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Thanks for your reply - I’m astonished as my mum remembers being given it when she was a little child, and her grandmother died about 1945. Are you completely sure that is the case before I ask her again? I must say that family stories are notoriously inaccurate!

Tulip

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Absolutely sure. You can check Birmingham date letters at the Birmingham Assay Office site:

theassayoffice.co.uk/date_letters.html

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Thanks very much for your expertise. It’s much appreciated. Now I have to somehow find out how the family story came to be…

Best wishes

Tulip