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[lluis]

Hi, Tracy

Well, is HERRN not HERM (upper cases to avoid mistakes). Is difficult to see the rr different of rm in some fonts...
Then, I still see it as rrauer (I agree that mauer makes more sense in german, but, still I see rrauer).
Could be Gurrauer, being an author named Gottschalk Eduard Gurrauer (other wrote as Guhrauer). 1809-1854, maybe too old....

But, I found also that rhenish missionary Carl Gotthilf Büttner found the Phillips cave in Ameib....That was in 1884. Maybe a descendant of such Gurrauer...

I will wait for Martin opinion, but at least that makes some sense...

With best wishes

Lluís

[Montanpark]

Hi all,
the kind of writing suggests that it is from the first half of the 20th century. As Namibia has been 'Deutsch Suedwestafrika' german writings, labels and books related to Namibia are common. The name is hard to tell if no comparison - S or G are not clear. I will check some of my literature of course,

cheers
Roger

[Tracy]

Oh well, I tried....looking at it again, Lluis, I do see an "-rr" instead of an "-m."

[Montanpark]

no rr for me ... may be Gehrauer,
this name exists of course

cheers
Roger