Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber,Unmarked Ernst Muller

[rbminis]

A new addition to my IAB collection.
This is an example of an unmarked silver semi hollow version made by Ernst Muller.
Ralph.

[Stewy S]

Nice E Muller Ralph. Plenty of finish on that one. Mullers do retain it well. Stewy

[Adrian]

Beautiful badge Ralph and excellent photography as usual. A question, I note there is a notch missing on the top edge of the catch, is this a feature unique to Muller due to the way they cut their catches or just a one off?

[Stewy S]

Hi Ade I think the notch you're on about is from when the hook shape was formed. Stewy

[Stewy S]

Here's my example. You can just about see the notch. Stewy

[Adrian]

Thanks Stewy, so it appears to be a feature of this maker then.

[Stewy S]

Yes Ade. It appears on the marked ones too. Not sure where my pics are of my marked example. Stewy

[rbminis]

Beautiful badge Ralph and excellent photography as usual. A question, I note there is a notch missing on the top edge of the catch, is this a feature unique to Muller due to the way they cut their catches or just a one off?

Thanks Adrian!
I believe that the "notch" you are talking about is not really a notch. I have seen this on a few other badges as well. This is probably caused by the tooling that is used to form the catch. They would require some type of a forming tool to bend the wire, or rod, into this small of a curl. This would likely consist of a "post" of the diameter of the inside of the catch and would also require some type of a "stop" to hold the short end. If the bending is done cold, it is more difficult to bend and could result in the "notch" that is seen here. I believe it is more of a "dent" than a notch. Similar to the mark that is found on S&L PAB pins.
Ralph.

[rbminis]

Nice E Muller Ralph. Plenty of finish on that one. Mullers do retain it well. Stewy

Thanks Stewy!
This one came from our own Bill T.
Thanks Bill!
Ralph.

[harryamb2]

nice ones.