1912 Elgin GF Pocket Watch - 7 Jewel, Model 6, Size 16s, South African Railway 10 Cents He destroyed a Danish army

He destroyed a Danish army at Lutter and sacked the city of Magdeburg but was then crushed at Breitenfeld in 1631 by the Swedish army of King Gustavus Adolphus

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Long railway train vignette at center

1912 Elgin GF Pocket Watch - 7 Jewel, Model 6, Size 16s, South African Railway 10 Cents He destroyed a Danish armyThe real story here, outside of it being a fine 100yr+ old watch in good working order, is the travels this watch has taken. We can match this watch back to its original owner thanks to a blurb in a 1917 edition of the "South African Railways and Harbours" magazine (see attached photograph). This watch was gifted to W. S. Burger, almost certainly, when he started working at the railway. Manufactured in 1912, inscribed in 1913 and the owner written