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It is mounted in 9ct gold with a reeded 9ct gold shank.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin Iron gained international attention during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) when the Prussian Royal family requested that the aristocracy and upper classes contribute their precious jewellery to help fund the War of Liberation. In return, these citizens were given iron jewellery as gifts for their loyalty, and many of those pieces were inscribed with the phrase \u201cGold gab ich f\u00fcr Eisen\u201d (I gave gold for iron). The craftsmanship is extraordinary and the pieces were given a matte black lacquer finish to help prevent rusting. The process had originated with the Gleiwitz Foundry in Silesia, Prussia, in the 1790s, it then moved to Berlin in 1804.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin iron is highly collectable today because of it\u2019s rarity and it\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unusual Berlin Iron ring that was made circa 1810. 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