Article about: Hi Guys, I need some information if anyone has some to offer. The item I am talking about is the flag pole top,(Lanzespitzen) used mainly, but not solely by the SS during the conflict years.
Hi Guys, I need some information if anyone has some to offer.
The item I am talking about is the flag pole top,(Lanzespitzen) used mainly, but not solely by the SS during the conflict years.
In the shape of a "spike" Usually I have encountered them being made of aluminum, and stamped M6, however, I have just had one in that is not alloy, and stamped M8 for metal accoutrements. The item is non magnetic, and perfoming a density test using water and a calculator, the nearest metal I have come up with is Zinc. It has a "gold wash" applied, but it does not rub off easily, Here's the interesting bit. It has some "rust pitting" along the blade, and is stamped with the SS runes M number and date. No RZM mark, which I believe should be 60.
It came from a picker in Germany. Straight from a house clearance. I know this to be true.
Am I in a worry for nothing? coz if it is a fake, then I certainly have not seen another like it
Personally I think it's period, not SS but SA, but the stamping is a bit puzzling to me..........
Thoughts gents please
It appears to me to be 'M3' the prefix for "Symbols or Emblems", does that make sense?
'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.
A bit of a mystery
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