I have just read some posts by Raimey E. where Herr Steigele Sr. and Jr. are written as Karl. In one blurry scan of a news article the name appears to be spelled as Karl but in another as Carl.

I have just purchased a drilling marked on the rib "C. Stiegele München" in gold inlay. At this point the best I can tell the drilling was made between 1891 and 1910. Were there two different Stiegele firms that were located in Munich or is it just a matter of two ways of spelling the same thing.

As a side note, my father was named Carl by his Alsatian French father but my German grandmother wanted my dad's name to be spelled Karl.

Thanks,
Roger

C. Roger Bleile
Author of American Engravers-The 21st Century
FEGA Historian
www.engravingglossary.com