Last edited by wiki; 01-31-2014 at 02:35 AM.
Last edited by wiki; 06-09-2015 at 03:10 AM.
Surely thats the best looking gorget design of the period.
Very simplistic with no 'banner' or text.
Condition is unbelievable.
Any known history/background to this one, wiki?
Thanks for posting.
Scout- I thought you would like it. Best one I have seen- And in the original presentation case! As to history of the piece- I will have to do a little detective work
Thanks for the comments
B
I sure do.
Look forward to the result of your research/detective work.
Might you have any idea of how many of these are left in private collections/museums (cant be many as there would have been comparatively few of these as opposed to for example 'Kettenhunde' gorgets)?
Last edited by Scout; 01-30-2014 at 08:33 PM.
This might of been an unissued example....which appears from a Munich based Insignia and badge makers Co.
RZM1 / 87 comes back to Karoline Gahr Co.
IMO possible left on the shelf and was never issued. Other FHH examples varied in minute details..in the eagle area and chain clips on the reverse side.
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Great thread! Love the dagger!
This is a little off topic but did AH himself ever have a dagger? If so it must of been the best ever made and can only imagine the cost
Tailor marc- Good Question. There are pics of AH in Italy in 1938 wearing an Italian dagger- I don't know of any other references of him wearing a German dagger- But this is the place to find out!
As far as I've ever heard, he was presented with one from Mussolini in 1938 (the same one that was referenced above by wiki), but he never personally wore one.
William
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