Sometimes the bottom part of the die was pressed in more forcefully than normal at the expense of the top portion, like in this example shown earlier:

[img]http://photos.imageevent.com/drumaholic/cymbalexamples/websize/no%20star.jpg[/img]

As seen in this case the star barely made it. The trademark in question was just a more extreme example where the star didn't make it at all.

Sometimes the bottom part of the die was pressed in more forcefully than normal at the expense of the top portion, like in this example shown earlier:

[img]http://photos.imageevent.com/drumaholic/cymbalexamples/websize/no%20star.jpg[/img]

As seen in this case the star barely made it. The trademark in question is just a more extreme example where the star didn't make it at all.

[img]http://photos.imageevent.com/drumaholic/cymbalexamples/websize/no%20star%202.jpg[/img]