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01-16-2012 12:28 AM
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Re: Questionable Ostmedaille
Hi Roger,
Your medal is a good original by Katz & Deyhle, Pforzheim, in my opinion.
Also, as far as I know, these weren't made in tombak, but zinc and buntmetall instead. Yours looks to me like a buntmetall example.
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Thank you for clarifying this for me. My bad on the tombak, I appreciate the correction. Still learning
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An original medal by Katz & Deyhle as pointed out by Mo. Regarding the silver rim, I think it has been repainted, there is overspill in a couple of areas. Should the head and end of the grenade also be painted silver? I thought these areas were supposed to be the same darker grey as the centre part?
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
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Re: Questionable Ostmedaille
Adrian, after looking at the ones I have I can see you are correct. The grenade is the same darker color as the center of the medal. This one looks as though someone has put some hobby silver paint on it. There was a little that appeared to be accidentally brushed in the center of the obverse which easily rubbed off. That is what had me thinking it might be a repro. But what it appears to be is an original that someone has gone and messed with.
Thanks for taking the time to look at it.
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I wonder Why...I know some people like the Look of the silver edge medals better, but it doesn't really affect the prices any. William
William
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What a shame, however still a nice medal Roger
Nick
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Re: Questionable Ostmedaille
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ObKrieger
Hi Roger,
Your medal is a good original by Katz & Deyhle, Pforzheim, in my opinion.
Also, as far as I know, these weren't made in tombak, but zinc and buntmetall instead. Yours looks to me like a buntmetall example.
There seems to be some confusion here regarding the German term Buntmetall - tombak IS Buntmetall! So is brass and bronze etc. To make it even more complicated for us; zinc is also counted as a Buntmetall! The term refers to non-ferrous metals and alloys of such metals that do not contain iron to simplify it a bit.
So if we were going to be very pedantic we would have to refer to badges made of pure zinc (Feinzink) as Buntmetall badges also - but that would become very confusing I agree
Regards,
Kenneth
Last edited by KSH; 07-24-2021 at 03:52 PM.
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Re: Questionable Ostmedaille
Kenneth is correct.
In collectors terms tombak and buntmetall are one and the same.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Questionable Ostmedaille
Thanks gents, I just learned something!
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