Wood

Banner form 3.

Banner form 2.

Banner form 1.

Griez.

Gumbingen. Porcelain.

Heidlburg.

Wien, no date, but art deco in style. Pressed cardboard.

Kitzingen.

Hi Benten, no info. other than a brickett is some sort of compressed coal product.

Pete

Luckenwald.

Uelzen.

Ludwigshafen, again.

Ludwigshafen.

Stuttgart.

Tag der wehrmacht. Dux??

Another one found for this series, sowing the seeds. See posts 144 & 145

Nordmark.

This badge is reproduced, so be careful.

Pete

No worries Robert, its real. Mine is magnetic as well. Though the pin has fallen off mine! A good buy.

Regards,

Pete

Hi Peter,

A very good (bad) attempt but I don't hold out any hopes for this badge.

The K is not near enough to the edge of the frame for one.

Check out this link.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=639&hl=cossack

Regards,

Pete

Bitten by the bug!

I would buy this one anyway.

Nice one Ian, spreading your wings a bit under the SA banner? You will soon be wanting a dagger.

Regards,

Pete

Mametz, I too had a hangover , but not as far for me to drive. Yes thats where it came from, luckily no big SA logo on it, so it was just another tinnie.

Regards,

Pete

Mametz,

I believe that there are many more tinnie fakes about than we give credit for, (ignoring cast fakes, and those semi-hollow ones from Poland) after all if the dies are availiable there is no reason why they cannot be restruck, what we need to determine in most cases is :-

What was the the original material that they were made in i.e tin or brass etc.etc.

Is it the right weight/thickness.

Is it the right colour i.e bronzed/ silvered etc. Unfortunatly Tieste does not mention the colour in his books, for most badges.

Was this the size of the pin that was used at this time. I see more than a few that seem to have oversized pins (in fact I have a few)

How many soldering points (more than one makes me leery)

And a few other thing I cannot bring to mind at the moment. After all I have only just got back from the pub!!!! 2 am!!!!

I shall review this when I am sobewr.

Regards.

Pete

Sitting on the fence IS uncomfortable.