Kriegsmarine L/56 CAB

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Guys !

Got this L/56 Coastal Artillery Badge yesterday .

Jan Arne

[Jan Arne S]

Back of L/56 CAB

[Gordon Williamson]

Very rare maker, and nice to see one with so much of the gilding still intact !

[nesredep]

Hello!

Jan Arne S

Very nice condition on your new addition.I agree very rare marker.

All the best

Morten.

[Norm F]

Hi Jan Arne,

You always find such interesting additions for your collection -- truly a master collector.

What's the story behind the peculiar "bug-eye" of this Funcke & Brueninghaus eagle? I notice that this variant eagle head is quite different from the example in the GCA database and from Lorenzo Brown's posted example here.

Nevertheless, the badge seems to match in every other way -- two different production dies perhaps?

Best regards,

---Norm

[Jan Arne S]

Thanks Guys !

Hi Norm !

Really dont know why the Eagles head looks like this .

Pointed also this for Gordon when I sent images to Him Yesterday .

Jan Arne

Edited May 4, 2010 by Jan Arne S

[Gordon Williamson]

Here's a comparison with my L/56.

I doubt if it is a different die. The rarity of the L/56 badge suggests that they didn't make them in large volume.

More likely I think, a misformed badge which, rather then being scrapped, had the "dot" punched into the head to make it look more like a eye and make the head more acceptable.

[storage133]

Hello Jan,

very nice eagle on your badge!

Breast and wings looks plastic.

And i like these kind off eye.

Best regards

Sto

[Martin W]

A very unusual badge indeed Jan Arne and another fine addition to your great collection.

Thanks for all of the images you sent to me.

Much appreciated.

Regards,Martin.