A brief looks at the scarcely seen 36mm small pattern cross attributed to Arthus Bertrand of Paris. Krogulec suggests production dates from 1923 up to “about 1950?”. These are stamped in tombak, a brass alloy with high copper content. Typical of Bertrand, they are produced to a high quality.
Here we have three examples each with slight variations from the others. (click on the pictures to enlarge)
The most obvious variations are the suspensions. Ribbon rings are of different gauge wire. All rings have soldered joints. The crosses also vary slightly in their thickness.
The ball suspension is the most seldom seen and likely the earliest type. Note the stroke across the “L” on the obverse right cross arms is missing.
Bertrand also produced the larger 44mm type which was previously covered in post #125.
Regards,
Tony
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