Eric Stahlhut

figured i'd pop this one on; it's a nice one

here's a very neat and somewhat obscure badge 47mm

aha! thanks, dude! btw,my trusty green ruler says 51 x 31 mm....

aha! thanks, dude! btw,my trusty green ruler says 51 x 31 mm....

here you go the hinge pin is rusting out, catch is on a base plate, no maker mark. looks 20/30s. if anything it may have something to do with the polish front of 1919, imo. kinda like those o slask (sic) badges perhaps?

so what was the deal with these looking-the-wrong-way albino eagles with the crown... aren't these considered to be fantasy items?

hiya, if i recall correctly it was an organization that covered volunteers up through 1918. there is also a version without swords.

notice the curious snaps on the ribbon. i think Albert Einstein was a member of this society.

whilst the KWG operated independently from any state per se, it was founded in 1911, so i guess it's sorta permissible to include it on this thread. here's the golden honor abzeichen for the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for advancement of sciences

that's for sure. a definite keeper in my humble opinion!

wow, micha! you've made my day! this is a very interesting setup on the reverse--for a Meybauer--in the sense that the disc system is not your 'regular' M. screwback system. female 'nut' instead male post, etc. the disc is interesting, too. i wonder if this is a precursor to the patented 653146 system? thank you for reposting this! p.s. sorry for edit, but the more i think about it: i'm inclined to think that it could in fact be a later version of an EK1, in the sense that it is similar to 1939 systems. perhaps maybauer got rid of the old d.r.g.m. 65...system in the late 30s and started conforming to what everyone else was doing when they were producing 1939 s/b EK1s...i.e. post attached to disc instead of cross? perhaps dad got a shiny fancy new cross to replace his lost or beat up old KO version (the mini on case reads 1914-1918).

pretty nice design on the reverse as well

another vet's organization

that's a great little bar! p.s. reminds me of many good times spent at Von Steuben Hall in Munich....80s....sigh...

interesting to note that the entire scale of the pinback cross is reduced by at least 1 mm. this includes the gold center disc. both awards are unmarked, btw.

where the ring should be:

pinback

here is the item in question:

first i'd like to show an 'average' example for comparison