Here is i believe a fairly uncommon Juncker
Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen Juncker
Here is i believe a fairly uncommon Juncker
Re: Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen Juncker
Nice 1.23.1 type. Is it zinc or cupAL?? I think on balance zinc but ain't sure.
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Re: Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen Juncker
thanks Ned , it's a zincerby big ned
Nice 1.23.1 type. Is it zinc or cupAL?? I think on balance zinc but ain't sure.
Regards, Ned.
Re: Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen Juncker
like it.
any evidence of a copper under-coating on this one?
William Kramer
I think it's zinc with a cupal coating or wash. Stewy
Hi William, a busy evening I note!
The rosy tinge was what made me ask the question above because a copper coating was used on some zincers, and this helped the silver finish from being absorbed over the years. I can easily imagine a class maker like Juncker using it.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Hi Stewy,
Cupal is not a coating or a wash in the sense I think you mean. It's actually a metal product consisting of an aluminium centre sheet that's overlaid either on one or both sides, depending, with a very thin layer of copper, by a process called cold rolling, making a sandwich of sorts. The copper is applied to the aluminium because you can't solder to it directly otherwise as it has what's known as a passivating surface, the copper negates this.
The zinc badges would have been copper plated by electro plating, and would again allow for easier soldering as well as vastly improving the quality and longevity of the finish.
On a side note, I have a hollow cupal Panzerkampf Abzeichen in bronze by Assmann wending it's way to Casa Ned as we speak, and i'll post it when it get's here, as it's a pretty rare bird, in fact i've only seen one other posted on here this time last year, and even then the guy never went back to the vendor and bought it as far as I recall. I'm just hoping it's genuine considering it was a bit of a steal!
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Thanks for putting me right Ned. Look forward to seeing the new PKA. Stewy
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