Honour cross maker marks

[notned]

Hello Gents,

I was wondering if there has ever been a thread started where we all got to gether and compiled a list of the different Honour cross maker marks?

Or does anyone know if there is a list of Known makers?

I have several Intersting maker marked medals and wondered about the manufacturers and where they were in germany and what,( if possible) were the numbers of these that were produced.

Regards

Paul

[Chris Boonzaier]

A good collecting field indeed....

and as I have always said... the award docs for these... BORING... but everyone seems to overlook the fact that most of the sigantures comefrom party officials, Allgemeine SS, higher police officers etc. etc. etc.

THAT would also be worth a study on its own...

[Stogieman]

Well, once upon a time, there was a list of all known MM's for HK's in the Imperial Forum @ WAF. It appears to have been deleted in one of the many "purges" over there.......... How about we start our own?!

[notned]

Thats the idea! yes we should!

My contribution

1 x Erbe

1 x K M F

1 x Ab.B L

1 x W ( then a big 'D' with inscription inside) D

3 x G10

1 x G12

1 x W&L M. ( this one is without swords for an engineer)

Looking ofrward to seeing more maker marks.

Cheers

Paul

Edited October 29, 2005 by notned

[Tony]

I have a list on file, it is quite possibly the old one from WAF which I'm proud to say I managed to add to with a couple of mine.

Tony

HKL

HKM

A = Assmann & S?hne, L?denscheid

(Assmann "A" logo) A&S = Assmann & S?hne, L?denscheid

01

AD. B. L. (in a circle) - Adolf Baumeister, L?denscheid

BCO (trapezium) - Biedermann & Co., Oberkassel

B.H.

B.H. L.

B.N.L. - Berg & Nolte, L?denscheid

CEJ - C. E. Juncker

C. TH. D. - Carl Theodor Dicke, L?denscheid

CK in a triangle

C.P. - Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen

CW

D&Co.

DG - Gustav Danner, M?hlhausen

DSM - Deschler & Sohn, M?nchen

Erbe (written)

ERK (in a hexigon)

ESL (in a circle)

F&B.L. - Funcke und Br?ninghaus, L?denscheid

F.&Co.

FHB - Ferdinand Hoffst?tter, Bonn

FL

G inscribed in another G

G

G1

G3

G5

G.6.

G10

G12

G.14

G15

G19

G20

G.&L.L.

G&S - Glaser & S?hne, Dresden

GG

GHO - G. H. Osang, Dresden

GWL - Gebr?der Wegerhoff, L?denscheid

Gbr. D. L.

Gbr. G & C Berlin

H&Co.L. (found inside a circle and without the circle) - Hymmen & Co., L?denscheid

HM

HKM

ICM

JK (in a triangle)

JMME

K

KM&F

KMF (in circles under each other)

L.

L. NBG. - Christian Lauer, N?rnberg

Meyer & Wilhelm Stuttgart

N (in a triangle) B&N

N. & H. - N?lle & H?ck GmbH, L?denscheid

O. - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.1 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.2 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.5 (in a square) - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.6 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.10 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.11 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.12 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.13 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.14 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.15 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O.16 - Ordenshersteller-Gemeinschaft, Pforzheim

O & B - Ochs und Bonn, Hanau

O u C L(in a rhombus) - Overhoff und Cie, L?denscheid

P

P.&C.L. - Paulmann & Crone, L?denscheid

PM - Paul Maybauer, Berlin

PSL (in a circle) - Paul Schulze & Co, L?beck

R.V.Pforzheim - Reichsverband, Pforzheim

R.V.1 PFORZHEIM

R.V.2 PFORZHEIM

R.V.3 PFORZHEIM

R.V.4 PFORZHEIM

R.V. PFORZHEIM No 5

R.V.13 PFORZHEIM

14 R. V. Pforzheim

R. V. 24 Pforzheim

R.V. Pforzheim 29

39 R.V. Pforzheim

R.V. Pforzheim 47

R.V. 61 PFORZHEIM

R.V, 67 PFORZHEIM

87 R. V. Pforzheim

Sch.

St. & L. - Steinhauer & L?ck, L?denscheid

T.H.W.

T. & T. L. - Twer und Turck, L?denscheid

W in a square

W.D. - Wilhelm Deumer, L?denscheid

W & L, M. - W?chter & Lange, Mittweida

W. SCH. & Co. - Wilhelm Schr?der & Co., L?denscheid

(swan) WS - Wagner und Sohn, Berlin

W. K.

Edited October 29, 2005 by Tony

[notned]

Tony,

Thankyou so much for posting this list!

Now i am going to be run ragged chasing all the makers i dont have ,...lol!

Seriously tho...its good to see what different makers there were

and there seems to be a few!

My KMF is the circles one..

[Stogieman]

THAT's IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony, you da bomb!

[Guest Rick Research]

Don't forget to mention any of the insanely rare actual bronze ones rather than bronzed steel. Talk about hen's teeth variants! I think Godet was the only one to turn up with Real Bronzes, though they also made the usual bronzed steel ones.

[notned]

Rick, these widows crosses, now how was this blackening applied?

as i came across one which was parade mounted, and it seemed to be painted..so i thought it was fake and steered away!

so were they painted?

Cheers

Paul