Gold DRL w/o Swastika

[Guest Darrell]

Well after a long look, I finally found the last piece of the puzzle. This beauty of a DRL w/o Swastika "Gold" version. It is also the "non" cut out type. I suppose there are Non Cut-out Bronze and Gold versions as well (I have a cut-out Silver), but the main set is complete.

Sacnned Obverse:

[Guest Darrell]

Reverse (Scanned):

[Guest Darrell]

I hate the way my scanner makes the color so wierd looking. Here are some digital pics of what it really looks like:

Obverse:

[Guest Darrell]

Reverse:

[Guest Darrell]

Closeup of the Hinge:

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Closeup of the Catch:

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Finally a group photo of the DRA and DRL's:

[Guest Darrell]

Reverse Group:

[Ronny]

Congratulate Darrell, nice find.

Nice to see them all together.

Cheers mate,

Ronny.

[don]

Nice work Darrell. Did the Drl and Dra come with a document?I am not up in this area

don

[Guest Darrell]

The only paper work for any of these that I have is for the Silver DRL w/ Swastika ... details here:

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...ight=DRL+silver

Yes as far as I know they all did ... I would suspect the DRA are a little harder to find with documents?

Edited December 17, 2005 by Darrell

[Bob Hunter]

Are the badges that are not voided attributable to a specific maker or period?

[Guest Darrell]

Are the badges that are not voided attributable to a specific maker or period?

Not attributed as far as I know Bob, but they are all from the same maker as indicated by almost identical reverse setups and the flaws in the dies.

Rick (Research) figures the majority of these type were punched out for the 1936 Olympics, thus the "fast-non-cut-out" features of many of these pre-1937 issues.

[don]

Any stickpins with your group? :

don

[Guest Darrell]

Any stickpins with your group? :

don

That's one slippery slope I haven't gone down yet