RESTAVRATVM MCMXLII

Canal house in Haarlem from 1620, restored in 1942.

The Latin word 'restauratum', here spelled with the letter V for U, means 'restored'. The Roman number MCMXLII means 1942:

M = 1000
CM = 1000 - 100 = 900
XL = 50 - 10 = 40
II = 1 + 1 = 2

Place: Haarlem