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Article about: Picked this up over the weekend on a whim Can anyone identify the maker please ?? Many thanks Nick

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    Picked this up over the weekend on a whim

    Can anyone identify the maker please ??

    Many thanks

    Nick
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    "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem

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    Hi Nick,

    It's an unknown maker, (but probably from the Gablonz region). A solid zincer, it's known to be made also in N/S and comes in two die patterns, this one being the type II. The roundwire catch is typical, and flat wire examples are also common.

    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.

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    Thank you very much Ned for imparting your knowledge

    Much appreciated !

    Nick
    "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem

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    nice badge.

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    Hi Nick, a nice original award that has a "ball hinge" like the maker AS in tri-angle used. Leon.

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    Nice one Nick!
    Congrats,
    Ralph.
    Searching for anything relating to, Anton Boos, 934 Stamm. Kp. Pz. Erz. Abt. 7, 3 Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 2, 16th Panzer-Division (My father)

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    That's a very nice Flak badge Nick.

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    Thanks Kevin, yes it looked so lovely I had to buy it

    Nick
    "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem

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