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    What have you in the drawer that's rare?


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    The thing that always strikes me when I hold a gold piece, as opposed to silver-gilt, is the weight. Since most gold pieces are hollow, there's almost nothing to them and it catches you by surprise. Like the difference between a Saxon AOOK in gold/silver gilt. (Like the Glaser one from a few nights ago!) It's a striking thing the first time you hold one!

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    Guest Brian von Etzel

    I saw the cased Zep. Badge. I was pretty impressed. Most of the ones I've seen are clear fakes. I'd really like to see a high res closeup of the CEJ mark.

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    W O W !!! Not a single word on a Zeppelin Becher or a cased Zeppelin badge. You guys are tough to impress! I gotta look for some ribbon bars...

    Bloody Hell, I just saw that. What L ship did Volkman serve in? They had an 70% casualty rate did they not?

    This is my rare one, not that glamorous really:

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    Nope, I think that's rare enough to challenge many people as to what exactly it is.

    Like me, for example! Okay, now I'm feeling the love. Ulsterman, Volkmann served on Z IV, LZ 38, LZ 86, LZ 97, and LZ 113, but you can read the whole story on the `Drome under "Medals." Brian, I'll try a close-up of CEJ and post a few other badge oddities, including one sold to me on eBay by Stogieman who may `fess up today just why he divested himself of it! :lol:

    Rgds

    John

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    Stogieman,

    I purchased this piece as bronze gilt. Upon seeing your gold one with the dark enamel, I had one with similar enamel. When I conpared the two, it is also lighter than my Friedlander 938 piece. I do not have a scale to weigh it, other than that is there any way to verify whether it is Gold or not. Here are some pics Obverse,

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    Hi Dan, if it feels light as a feather... lierally...... check the weight in grams (bring it to a jeweler)... then see if anyone has a Nimmergut's with prussia (the big $250 per volume) one and compare the weight. I've seen/owned only one brz. gilt and truth be known, the brz. gilt one had gilding so bright I thought it was real gold at first... until I weighed it out. My brz-gilt had no marks either. Only marked ones I've seen (Wagner & Friedlander, 1 Godet) were all maker/content marked. It would be smashing if yours was gold, it would be only the fourth I've seen!

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