Robin Lumsden

................ but ................ looks like the smaller one was also worn by the SS.

Even this period booklet seems to show the larger badge for the SS ...............

Bolewts58.

Brian.

Do you agree with this summary, in pix, of the larger v. smaller Ehrhardt badges ???

The small one seems to be for the 1923 Wiking-Bund alone, (worn here by a Wehrwolf man), rather than for the 1933 Verbande der SS, which seems to have reverted to the standard, larger, 1919 version.

Tom W.

IOU 1 !!

Nice!

Mine is in here, somewhere.

I seem to recall that those 'in the know' identified the unmarked Uebergrosse maker as Frank & Reif.

Bolewts58.

Not long-winded at all.

I'm a bit that way myself.

I remember writing an essay back in the Stone Age, when I was a student at St. Andrews University, which the tutor marked off as ............... quote ................. 'Far, far, FAR too long !!!!'

As a point of interest, that Sturm-Kompanie pattern skull was also worn on the cap by at least one Wehrwolf man, per the attached photo.

Anyone sentenced to serve for 42 years would qualify for The Order of the Dead.

No bar to the regular police LSGC. This used to be given for 22 years service, but is now given for 20.

The Special Constabulary LSGC has a bar added for extra years (from memory ........... a bar every additional 9 years).

Bolewts58.

Many thanks.

I have learned a lot here!

Thomas W.

You are a true gentleman !!

Bolewts 58.

Thanks for your comments regarding the Ehrhardt badge.

I was under the impression that the badge I have was an original variant from the 1930s period, which has itself been faked, as per the photo below.

The top badge is struck, the bottom one is cast.

However, I stand to be corrected.

I met John Green back around 2006, when he visited the Fife police museum (I was curator) to get info for his book.

Perfect gent.

Sad to hear of his death.

How true, Peter.

Many of these soldiers had artisan skills from their pre-war trades, I suppose.

I also have this one, which was made by a man called Burgess convalescing at St. Anne's Hall in 1916.

That could be an imperfection in the glaze, which would make it a 'reject'.

It might just be a reflection in the photo, though.

Difficult to tell..

Nice items.

The one marked 'Allach' is definitely original Third Reich.

The other one could be post-war, made from a wartime mould.

Many Allach moulds were used post-war.

Like this well-known Allach-pattern Dachshund pup, later used by the Sauermann company ...............

Although not too clear in this scan, an A. E. Haswell-Miller postcard from 1920, in the Imperial War Museum Collection, shows the 'hollow' gun in wear.

Is it black ???

Tanks, Tony !

(Sorry ..................... that should be thanks, Tony !)

Just found out .....................

My odd badge with white gun could be one for tankers of the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps, 1916.

Before they became the Tank Corps in 1917.

Later, the Royal Tank Regiment.

Nice one, Jerry.

This tank badge was worn between 1917 and 1924.

Goes well with these other things I have gathered ..................

Just picked this up.

Sewn around a period magazine page as a backing.

These embroideries of regimental/corps insignia were typically made in hospitals by convalescing wounded soldiers.

The embroiderer here had quite a skill !!