Thank you Aldo. I had no idea the Russians used these on their caps as well. I thought the gold one might be some kind of Italian variation. Learned something new today!
Thank you Aldo. I had no idea the Russians used these on their caps as well. I thought the gold one might be some kind of Italian variation. Learned something new today!
I guess it could be anything but it doesn't look like anything Italian I have encountered. I have a small similarly constructed skull that came with an Imperial lot that I never really identified other than being possibly a small cypher skull.
I also had this one that I thought was Serbian Chetnik but turned out to be a fake like many from that area
Wow that second one sure looks interesting. Too bad it turned out to be a fake, I would have never spotted that
I picked this one up a while back that kind of resembles the 1st gold colored one I posted. It was listed as a miniature planchet. Very tiny, not much bigger then a pea
I've seen those tiny planchet skulls for sale on the Telesmanich site. I think that is more like a Brunswick type skull. I have a similar stickpin.
Yes, thats where I got it from
The first Braunschweiger TK is in my opinion fake. The material is to thick in some places to be a specimen that should be die stamped. On the obverse the details are very soft and that is one of the many red flags on this example. I think many of the skull colleagues here can and will confirm this.
The second example is not one i have seen before. This can be from the Russian Kornilov Army like Aldo mentions or perhaps from the Kuperjanov Infantry battalion from the Estonian land forces?
I don't think it is German and neither does it look very well made.. The back shows some crude work and the obverse has some problems to? I have highlighted one of those problems with a red circle here below:
Nice to see someone else that has interest in skull insignia! But please be aware that this is one of the biggest mine fields you can enter.. Goodluck,
-Dos
Thank you very much Dos. I really do appreciate your help and Aldos as well. I did end purchasing the little gold one, fingers crossed hoping its real but I really want to study it in my hands regardless. Was fairly inexpensive so wouldn't be the end of the world if its a cast. Yes I have been bitten by the little skull bug but a little late to the game I'm afraid. They seem to be harder to come by these days. I think Aldo snatched them all up lol!
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