1939 verwundetenabzeichen in gold for review.

[Okeke]

Gents

another one for your perusal: this is a supposedly gold verwundetenabzeichen with an illegible maker's mark "L/??"

I do not like the hinge, pin and catch set up, it looks like an EK1 reverse and I amm not aware of any makers that used this hardware.

Please review the photographs and let me know your opinions.










with thanks

Adrian

[thecyclist64]

Are you sure it is even gold. It looks more like silver to me, but that could be just the picture quality/my monitor. A picture of the L marking would help

[Okeke]

I've asked for a clearer picture of the back showing the "L/??" mark.
However I'm pretty sure no wound badge ever had this kind of hinge and coke bottle pin.
Adrian

[rbminis]

IMO, it looks like a Floch fake, most likely marked L/14 on the reverse.
Ralph.

[Okeke]

It certainly looks like "L/?4".

[Brett]

Hello Adrian, don't bother with this badge. It is a Floch. Have a look at the cross guard on the left hand sword. You will notice that the left hand side has only four vertical bars, while the others have five. This is a known trait of these badges. Here is a link to an obverse photo of a Floch made "30" showing exactly the same characteristics and dot pattern. Floch was known to use the same obverse die for his various offerings.

https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attac...030-20fake.jpg

Regards
Brett

[Okeke]

Thanks Brett. Is there any verwundetenabzeichen at all that has that hinge and pin set up?

Adrian

[Brett]

Hi Adrian, Contrary to forum lore, there are original badges with coke bottle style pins. Here is a link to a deemed genuine L/14 badge. Unfortunately the HWMF forum is now defunct, but this thread will give you the gist:

verwundetenabzeichen in gold ......floch or not

Then there is the L/57 Boerger & Co :

Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums

Regards
Brett