Hello folks! Please help me with this badge. If everything is alright with this badge? Is it original, fake or made from other grade? I think L/54 was solid. Thank you.
Verwundetenabzeichen in gold L/54 - Good, fake or made from other grade?
Hello folks! Please help me with this badge. If everything is alright with this badge? Is it original, fake or made from other grade? I think L/54 was solid. Thank you.
Last edited by Adrian; 05-27-2014 at 08:30 AM. Reason: Title changed to use German terminology.
Its not a gold grade for sure, I am not convinced about the maker stamp I always thought it was arched.
Wait for other opinions
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
It's a standard black wound badge by Schauerte & Hohfeld, the tool marks look o.k. for it to be an original one that's been polished/stripped imo. I would imagine it is made of brass judging by the use of the small block hinge rather than the longer type used on the steel BWB's they made.
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.
Are there gold wound badges with a hollow back like this, or are they all solid types?
Deschler made a hollow gold badge in zinc late on in the war, it's considered extremely rare, so yes, they're out there.by Nathan362
'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.
Good to know, thanks Ned!
Agreed - tombac/brass, black grade.
Recently I had a fellow try to sell me a similar badge as
a gold grade. He wouldn't believe that it was a black
one without it's finish.........
Regards,
Steve.
Thank you so much for explanation!
Here's another one:
Regards,
Steve.
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