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    Thanks again for all this! So the flags would be random, but I’m still surprised the maker decided to pick a sail flag that’s unusual, it would have been easier to use the one from the country or region it was made in; Regarding the logo, it’s likely that it comes from Germany as my grandmother was from there; I couldn’t identify the letter before the r, but it should be an o or a looking at the shape. It seems that the mast is in a sun shape, with sun rays leaving from it. I tried to make a drawing of it:
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    Thank you very much for your welcome, all these information are a goldmine for me! I’m not really looking for the monetary value of that ship, im more interested in the history behind it like where it comes from and how it ended up in my living room. The restauration was done by the museum quite a while ago, my uncle told me he didn’t have more information right now but will look if he can find some documents. What you wrote about the manufacturing is very interesting, after closer examination I spotted a plank that’s probably coming from an old wooden box that was used on a deck: The final mystery for me now lies in the meaning of the flags, especially the main one on the sails; I thought that this combination of colors would be easy to find but it’s the only one that wasn’t really used. I also struggled to find the many flags on the sides, and the signification of the one on the top of the mast. Maybe I didn’t have the right vocabulary for the search, I also tried with image search but without success. Thanks again for your expertise, I’m really impressed by all that knowledge! Nix
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    Hello everyone! Nix from Switzerland here! My uncle recently gave me a model ship, it was purchased by my grandmother at an auction around the 70s and restored at the Swiss museum of transport later. According to them it might be a votive ship (which could mean contemporary to the model represented), but they didn’t have more information. There are lots of flags depicted on it but I couldn’t find them on google. Here she is: Some details: And the flags: Does anyone have an idea on the model (looks like some kind of carrack to my untrained eyes) or have information on the flags? Maybe you can also notice some crafting details that might help situating it in time? Thanks for your attention, I hope I’m in the right section for that!

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