Schwaehn

Weirdly enough I don't own a ball bearing, but my rounded hammer bounces off nicely when tapping it. I didn't do any of the grinding and don't plan on doing anything except wire wheeling and oil.

Hey there, I'm new here. Like many others, I too bought an anvil and need help identifying it.

It may (or may not) have a little bit of history in it that could be interesting (or not). I am located in Germany and the anvil i bought is definitely British. The shape is a classic "london pattern", just like a Brooks with a relatively thick heel.
I'm pretty sure it's cast steel since the only hole is from the bottom straight up and the ring is fairly high pitch and long lasting. The only markings i could find are stamped on the opposite side of where you would normally expect the makers mark. They read as follows:

RH
1 1/4 cwt
1945
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So far I found out that the cwt is the weight (around 63.5kg) and 1945 is the manufacture date. The broad arrow denotes it was owned by the British military.

No idea what RH means. I could not find a manufacturer with those initials. Maybe it means Royal Hussars but no idea if those even used anvils; and then the question of who manufactured it would remain.

Would be interesting to find out where it was made, who made it and how it ended up here, especially because of the manufacturing date.