Anybody know spoon identification?

[mindcrime1988]

A buddy of mine found this metal detecting on the West side of Germany. I believe it is brass but was hoping somebody could help me identify the markings on the back side. It shows a lion and the number 7. Any ideas? Thanks!!

 

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[marble]

The closest I see under European silver marks is the lion under "Netherlands" on this page.

http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html

Or could this be it?

On English silver, the lion passant (walking lion) is the symbol for sterling silver (925). Scottish silver before 1975, like gold, bears a thistle mark. A higher silver standard, Britannia silver (958.4) was required to be used for a short period at the end of the 17th century, bearing the figure of Britannia instead of the lion. Britannia silver is still legal, but has been seldom used since the reinstatement of the sterling standard in 1720. The lion passant was retained in the Hallmarking Act of 1975, but the Scottish thistle was changed to a rampant lion.

British sterling hallmarks: (left to right)
anchor ( city mark for Birmingham), lion passant (for 925 sterling), "a" (indicating the year 1900)

From here: http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm

-Nancy