Vintage Leather Briefcase

I have a vintage leather briefcase containing paper with watermark "Afrikaner" and the cross of St. John's, a diamond, what does that mean? Could it be a corporation, or political, or???

OOOH: it sounds interesting ... The Afrikaner settlers were Dutch Boers in Africa. WILLEM HERMANUS JANSE van Rensburg was the founder and leader of the Afrikaners in Rhodesia,

In 1895, Van Rensburg traveled to Rhodesia and soon faced the Matabele uprising. The Matabele killed many whites. Dutch residents in the town at once proposed to develop a cadre of their own to defend the country their adoption. This force was then known as the Afrikaner Corps ... "

It could be a watermark military.

However, it is perhaps not so old ... perhaps a paper company that has been operating in Zimbabwe (formerly known as Rhodesia, where white minority ~ Afrikaners / Boers has controlled the country)

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