I Found the Holy Grail ..................

[Robin Lumsden]

Another good comparison .................

[WampumWilman]

AMAZING find. You should be proud to have such a significant and desirable piece.

[Robin Lumsden]

Updated montage ................

[Robin Lumsden]

Thanks WW. It's just one of those 'once in a lifetime' things !

[Robin Lumsden]

Not sure if this is the "11" tab above, or another example. I'll look through my archives to see if I have any more...

Another old photo of this 'odd' one, which I came across today ............................

The more I see of it, the more I can understand why this particular one keeps changing hands.

[Arran]

I'm not as bothered by the skull as I am by the numerals. They are different in form that those illustrated in this thread...

[Aldo]

This one recently sold on the Hicks site very quickly. I was wondering if it would show up on this thread.


Credit: Kelly Hicks

[Robin Lumsden]

I'm not as bothered by the skull as I am by the numerals. They are different in form than those illustrated in this thread...

Yes, I agree, ................... early type (M35) TK ............ albeit a bit 'malnourished' ............. with later, smaller type (M36) numerals.

However, there are other 'construction' problems with the TK IMHO ............. see the black-threaded teeth, for example, and the vertical lines of the hand-embroidery

While we're on the subject of 'oddities' ........................ there are no doubts at all with these abortions ...................

[Robin Lumsden]

This one recently sold on the Hicks site very quickly. I was wondering if it would show up on this thread.

That's a fine original ! Someone got a REAL bargain there. No wonder it sold quickly.

Thanks for posting that, Al. Yet another comparison pic for this thread ............................

[Robin Lumsden]

Just for interest, here's a close-up photo of the 'teeth' on this apparently unissued example.

Each vertical 'tooth' comprises FOUR separately hand-embroidered aluminium wire threads.

Each tooth is made up of 2 x pairs of threads.

Keep in mind ......... these early M35 TK threads were much finer and thinner than the ones used on the later, standard M36 bullion TKs.

Whoever did the embroidery work on this thing ........... most probably a female employee at the factory, as hand-embroiderers tended to be experienced seamstresses ............ must have been using a microscope !