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From: Tom Pafford
Remote Name: 192.172.8.13
Date: 12/04/2009
Time: 03:33:09 PM
I recently purchaced a stein in Germany while on vacation. While doing some light internet reading I cam across this paragraph and photo. "Type 5 - hand inked: The "type 5" mark was used on all steins decorated in Freising, OVER PREVIOUSLY APPLIED DECOR, whether they were manufactured there, or not. Note that on this mark, the top of the "R" extends over and beyond the right hand upright of the "H." This stein carries the Thewalt early logo and the "type 5" decorator mark. Just below, with the same markings, is the largest HR decorated Thewalt stein reported to date, a 3.0 liter, model number 200." The photo is of the stein that I purchased. I was hoping that someone would be able to give me some hints on how to authenticate this.