Guest Darrell Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 (edited) In preparing some information on my DRL / DRA collection the other day ... I went down the line with a magnet ... plop plop plop .. all unmagnetic until SCHTOK !!My Gold DRL w/ Swastika was sucked into the magnet. I was rather surprised. I thought most DRL's were unmagnetic.Then today I looked at Carsten Baldes update and low and behold he has a Wernstein Jena Gold DRL w/ Swastika and a Mini Both Magnetic (described as ferrous iron).I thought this rather interesting. I contacted Carsten and asked if these Ferrous DRLs were rather rare or uncommon. He responded that no ..,. in fact it was the other way round. Unmagnetic ones were uncommon.Thinking something got lost in the English-German translation .. I sent another confirmation .. he again conformed what he said before.Anyone else checked their DRL / DRA badges with a magnet? It would be interesting to hear what others have.Here is a picture of Carstens Badge above mine. I reduced the size of mine because that was how big his was. Not the clearest pic, but clearly good badges. Edited September 7, 2005 by Darrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scowen Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 My silver & War wounded are both non magnetic.CheersDon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 My silver & War wounded are both non magnetic.CheersDon←Hi Don ... the rest are magnetic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Stimson Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 (edited) I have five DRA/DRLs. Only the bronze DRL (with swastika) is magnetic. Edited September 8, 2005 by George Stimson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I've never encountered a steel National Sports Badge before! Stamped out SA ones, yeah, but not this type. Is there an obvious difference in the weight, just handling two for comparison?It must have been a chore to drill out the elaborate cutouts in a steel badge. I've got an "eloxiert" gold DRL with swastika made by Wernstein, and it isn't magnetic. I had always assumed that the lacquer type finish WAS their wartime "good enough" version. Wernstein seems to have been the main maker of Third Reich national badges-- so is steel peculiar to some of their badges, or does this turn up in OTHER amkers as well?Maker variant statistical survey time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 I've never encountered a steel National Sports Badge before! Stamped out SA ones, yeah, but not this type. Is there an obvious difference in the weight, just handling two for comparison?It must have been a chore to drill out the elaborate cutouts in a steel badge. I've got an "eloxiert" gold DRL with swastika made by Wernstein, and it isn't magnetic. I had always assumed that the lacquer type finish WAS their wartime "good enough" version. Wernstein seems to have been the main maker of Third Reich national badges-- so is steel peculiar to some of their badges, or does this turn up in OTHER amkers as well?Maker variant statistical survey time!←On that OTHER forum There is a fellow that has a steel Wernstein Jena War Wounded. Looks like a beauty. So far .... ( ) ... it appears that the magnetic ones are all this maker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Is there an obvious difference in the weight, just handling two for comparison?←Regarding that "other" thread .. his magnetic WW DRL was 16.6 grams, my NON-Magnetic WW DRL = 16.9 grams. Pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Forgot to add GRADE to the statistical maker survey too. Could it be something to do with a particular class finish? I shall be taking a magnet with me to shows from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Stimson Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 (edited) My magnetic bronze DRL (mit Hakenkreuz) is by "Wernstein Jena" and weighs 16.25 g. Edited September 9, 2005 by George Stimson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 c'mon guys ... more than three have DRL and DRA's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Darrel,I have the following:2 DRA bronze by Wernstein, non-magnetic2 DRA silver by Wernstein, non-magneticDRA gold by Eugen Marcus, non-magneticDRL bronze without swastika, no maker, centre not cut out between the letters, non-magneticDRL bronze with swastika by Wernstein, magneticTust this helps,David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 (edited) Darrel,I have the following:2 DRA bronze by Wernstein, non-magnetic2 DRA silver by Wernstein, non-magneticDRA gold by Eugen Marcus, non-magneticDRL bronze without swastika, no maker, centre not cut out between the letters, non-magneticDRL bronze with swastika by Wernstein, magneticTust this helps,David←Thanks David ... interesting pattern developing ....a) Contrary to what Herr Baldes said .. the NON-Magnetic appear to be the more bountiful.b) The Wernstein Jena's appear to be the only Magnetic (so far) ...P.S. ... if you ever want to sell your DRL Bronze w/o let me know ! Edited September 10, 2005 by Darrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scowen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Hi Don ... the rest are magnetic?←Sorry Darrell, forgot to check back No, I only have the two DRL's.Regarding the War wounded shown on WAF, looks wonderful, but also looks "different" to all of the others I've seen before. The finish is different, almost as though it's a polished bronze with silver letters...... I'm not saying it's bad, just looks different.CheersDon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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