Luftwaffe OM Pilot Badge

[Stogieman]

Whew, what a relief.... When I saw my cousin had responded.... well, I expected to find out that OM stands for "Organisation Militaire" !!

[Jos Le Conté]

That's the most ugly bird I've ever seen..

They're nice heavy badges, but man, that bird..

Think OM means " Oh My.." !

Jos.

[LorenzoB]

Yup!!..A very ugly bird.

But very heavy with a unique design and highly vaulted...and very rare!!

Overall...a NICE CATCH!!!

[Guest Darrell]

Hello!

I don't agree.

All the best

Fran?ois

[Karsten S]

That's the most ugly bird I've ever seen..

They're nice heavy badges, but man, that bird..

Think OM means " Oh My.." !

Jos.

What do you mean by ugly

Karsten

Edited May 4, 2008 by Karsten S

[François SAEZ]

What do you mean by ugly

Karsten

Karsten, how did you get a pic of .................. me?

Some variations are scarcer than OM badges - from far

The "mint" condition is only a personal taste opinion others will prefer used, worn, attributed ........ badges

[joe campbell]

yeah.

joe

[J Temple-West]

Time to calm it all down, sit cross legged, and consider the true meaning of ?OM?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ofPdEgsoQ

Namast?

[Tim Calvert]

Here's an OM & spange attributed to Oblt Heinz Oloff, Night Fighter NJG/1 with either 10 or 14 kills depending on where you get your info. His bronze spange is floating around out there. Anybody know where I can get my grubby hands on it?

[Stan]

Here's my "O.M" which I bought from a small shop in York 25 years ago. I was told that it had been brought in by a farmer who found it in his orchard in the nearby village of Osbaldwick after an Me110 had been shot down and the pilot captured.

Stan

[Stan]

I once asked Detlev Niemann what "O.M" stood for and he replied "Otto Meybauer".

Stan

[Steve K.]

I once asked Detlev Niemann what "O.M" stood for and he replied "Otto Meybauer".

Stan

Hello Stan

Did he present any documentation or theories for this name?

It has been a mystery to us for some time (and still remains such).

Steve

Edited May 5, 2008 by Steve K.

[Stan]

Hello Stan

Did he present any documentation or theories for this name?

It has been a mystery to us for some time (and still remains such).

Steve

Hi Steve,

No, he didn't give any more info. I sent him an email in 2000 to enquire if he knew the name of the maker and he simply replied "Otto Meybauer".

Stan

[Karsten S]

Here's my "O.M" which I bought from a small shop in York 25 years ago. I was told that it had been brought in by a farmer who found it in his orchard in the nearby village of Osbaldwick after an Me110 had been shot down and the pilot captured.

Stan

Hi Stan

That is a great bagde, with a fantastic story to it.

Cheers

Karsten

[Richard Gordon]

I once asked Detlev Niemann what "O.M" stood for and he replied "Otto Meybauer".

Stan

I recall Otto Meybauer being mentioned before in relation to OM but nothing concrete was supplied to back it up.

[François SAEZ]

on the same topc, some prople attribute this badge to a special case - no?

[Richard Gordon]

on the same topc, some prople attribute this badge to a special case - no?

I do. I believe this is the correct case for the OM:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4144&hl=kassel+OM

Langemark also found a grouping at the 2006 Kassel show with a mint OM in the same case but unfortunately the pics are no longer in the thread.

Rich

[Richard Gordon]

Another shot.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...ost&p=39761

[Richard Gordon]

No one agree, disagree have an opinion?

[François SAEZ]

No one agree, disagree have an opinion?

I do disagree to point I am not convinced that they are proper to this type of badge

Mine came with an early Deumer (thin, unmarked)

All the "OM" badges I had (4 or 5) were not coming with this type of case

But I can, of course, be wrong

[Tim Calvert]

I've had 5 OM's and of the 5 two were cased. One was in the case shown by Rich with the blue border.

[Karsten S]

I've had 5 OM's and of the 5 two were cased. One was in the case shown by Rich with the blue border.

5 pieces of the same badge?? Why??

Karsten

Would love to see images of some of them.

[François SAEZ]

5 pieces of the same badge?? Why??

Karsten

Would love to see images of some of them.

I guess is the total of badges ths collector had since he started

[Tim Calvert]

I guess is the total of badges ths collector had since he started

Yep, back down to 3. Always looking for the perfect badge. Absolutely love the three I have now though!

No new pics as the collection and camera are put away, but here are a few.

[Steve K.]

Maybe someone can translate IMME, since OM seemed to be so easy!