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    Posted (edited)

    Different prints of award booklets:

    From left to right: 1933, 1935

    and 1942

    http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2009/post-1062-1243298486.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2009/post-1062-1243298510.jpg

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    Different prints of award booklets:

    From left to right: 1933, 1935

    and 1942

    http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2009/post-1062-1243298486.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2009/post-1062-1243298510.jpg

    Hello!

    Naxos

    Amazing. :cheers:

    All the best :beer:

    Nesredep

    • 5 weeks later...
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    Hello, all.....

    I'm trying to find a pre-1945 Reiterabzeichen to put on a Cavalry Tunic that I just acquired. Can anyone point me to a source that has one in good condition, for sale? I would be truly grateful, as I'm having a difficult time finding a decent one.

    Thank you,

    Bob.

    (bobcam1@yahoo.com)

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    Hello, all.....

    I'm trying to find a pre-1945 Reiterabzeichen to put on a Cavalry Tunic that I just acquired. Can anyone point me to a source that has one in good condition, for sale? I would be truly grateful, as I'm having a difficult time finding a decent one.

    Thank you,

    Bob.

    (bobcam1@yahoo.com)

    Hi Bob,

    Kavallerie training included and exceeded the requirements of the Reiterabzeichen (bronze) therefore a Cavalry trooper would not need to wear a Reiterabzeichen in bronze, but he would certainly wear the silver or gold grades of the award.

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    Hi Bob,

    Kavallerie training included and exceeded the requirements of the Reiterabzeichen (bronze) therefore a Cavalry trooper would not need to wear a Reiterabzeichen in bronze, but he would certainly wear the silver or gold grades of the award.

    I'll make a point of looking for those grades, only.....Thanks for the information, I'm grateful!.....

    Cheers,

    Bob.

    Posted (edited)

    A late war zinc L.Chr. Lauer Reiterabzeichen (bronze)

    http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2009/post-1062-1245963916.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2009/post-1062-1245963933.jpg

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    A late war zinc L.Chr. Lauer Reiterabzeichen (bronze)

    http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2009/post-1062-1245963916.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_06_2009/post-1062-1245963933.jpg

    Hello!

    Naxos

    Looks very nice.Never seen this late before. :beer:

    All the best

    Nesredep

    Posted (edited)

    Hallo!

    Here is my only Reitterabzeichen.

    All the best

    Nesredep

    Hello Nesredep, it is an early Lauer (not so common) Reiterabzeichen in Bronze

    Note: there is no star after GESCHUTZT

    Here is the more common encountered version with the star

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    Hello Nesredep, it is an early Lauer (not so common) Reiterabzeichen in Bronze

    Note: there is no star after GESCHUTZT

    Here is the more common encountered version with the star

    Hello!

    Wow,thanks for great information. :beer:

    All the best :cheers:

    Nesredep

    • 4 weeks later...
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    J?ger Feldwebel wearing a Reiterabzeichen.

    (note the outdated shoulder boards)

    101. J?ger-Division, Kuban February 1943

    It appears to be a S&L

    Posted

    J?ger Feldwebel wearing a Reiterabzeichen.

    (note the outdated shoulder boards)

    101. J?ger-Division, Kuban February 1943

    It appears to be a S&L

    Hello!

    Nice new Photo.

    all the best

    Nesredep

    • 4 weeks later...
    Posted (edited)

    Post War Steinhauer & Lück - Quality then and now

    Early post-war Fahrerabzeichen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture from the current S&L catalog

    ....definitely a loss in quality and detail over the last forty years

    http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2009/post-1062-125054117286.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2009/post-1062-125054067743.jpg

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    • 2 weeks later...
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    Glad to see a few other horse badge guys. I have recently started chasing these. On the first page someone mentions they don't like the S & L in post 4. It looks fine. Not uncommon for S & L's to have poor detail on the back. The pin is a replacement.

    Posted (edited)

    Glad to see a few other horse badge guys. I have recently started chasing these. On the first page someone mentions they don't like the S & L in post 4. It looks fine. Not uncommon for S & L's to have poor detail on the back. The pin is a replacement.

    Hi Eric, great to have you here.

    Regarding the the Reiterabzeichen in #4, it's not the poor details on the back of the badge that bothers me - it's the material it is casted in, as well as the pin set-up that makes me believe it is a post-war production. In that, the badge is identical to early post-war Reiter and Fahrerabzeichen w/o the ®.

    I do not believe that it is a fake - I believe however, that it may be an early post-war production badge by Steinhauer & Lück (perhaps they made some with and the rest w/o the ®).

    I will post some comparison shots later.

    Edited by Naxos
    Posted

    The material is not like the pre-war bronze nor is it zinc - besides the needle being longer on one, it is the same set-up right down to the pin holding the needle in place.

    Left: an early post-war Fahrerabzeichen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right: the Reiterabzeichen from post #4

    http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2009/post-1062-125134071551.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2009/post-1062-125134073995.jpg

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    Posted

    <!--quoteo(post=351870:date=Jun 24 2009, 13:31 :name=bobcam1)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bobcam1 @ Jun 24 2009, 13:31 ) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=351870"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hello, all.....

    I'm trying to find a pre-1945 Reiterabzeichen to put on a Cavalry Tunic that I just acquired. Can anyone point me to a source that has one in good condition, for sale? I would be truly grateful, as I'm having a difficult time finding a decent one.

    Thank you,

    Bob.

    (bobcam1@yahoo.com)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Hi Bob,

    Kavallerie training included and exceeded the requirements of the Reiterabzeichen (bronze) therefore a Cavalry trooper would not need to wear a Reiterabzeichen in bronze, but he would certainly wear the silver or gold grades of the award.

    Hardy,

    A very interesting and informative thread. I wasn't aware of the info on what grade of badge would be worn on a cavalry tunic. Here are pictures of my bronze Lauer badge which came on my third cavalry tunic some years ago. I now need to look for a silver one. Gold is probably inaccessable due to rarety and price.

    Regards,

    Gordon

    Posted (edited)

    Gordon, nice specimen with lots of patina!

    Gordon if your tunic is from a member of an Aufklärungs-Abteilung (Recce = yellow piping) and he did not belong to a cavalry unit before joining the recce, the Reiterabzeichen in Bronze is fine.

    Hardy

    Edited by Naxos

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