S.L. 46.1 Art. 8Characteristics of the Consul’s office hallmark.

(1) The Consul’s office hallmark shall only be applicable to gold and silver articles.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in these regulations the Consul’s office hallmark for gold and silver articles shall be as follows:

(a) in the case of gold articles having a standard of fineness of 916 or 750, the said hallmark shall consist in the impression of the mural crown with sally port embattlements turreted by eight octagonal turrets, and for gold articles having a standard of fineness of 585 or 375, said hallmark shall consist of the impression of the shield of Malta; these impressions shall moreover be immediately followed by adjacent numerals representing that appropriate standard of fineness of the gold alloy;

(b) the imprint for silver articles shall be the impression of a Maltese cross immediately followed by an adjacent number 959, 925, 830 or 800 as the case may be representing the standard of fineness of the silver alloy;

(c) a mark indicating the period of the imprinting of the gold or silver article may also be affixed. This imprint may bear such combination of two letters of the alphabet in small cursive script as may from time to time be determined by the Consul;

(d) the impression referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be as given in the Fourth Schedule.