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mustangtony
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This German Coffee / Tea tin has really got me stumped. It is a painted design with a red and black horses on the lid. The company brand name is imprinted into the bottom but it is in script and I cannot decipher the company name. It looks like Tohorning Kaffee / Tohorning Tee and the city names of Heilbronn und Hamburg. I have done exhaustive searches and cant come up with any reference to this company. The tin is from the 1930's pre WWII. It measures 6" long x 4 1/2" wide x 2" high and has a hinged lid. The color is blues & greens on gold with the horses emblem.
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