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Made on a Monday/Friday Buckle
Love it
I used to have one similar, it was nowhere near as bad as that one though.
Bit of luck ya have a pic Paul Mate?by Gunny Hartmann
No mate no photo, the prong bar on mine was only a few degrees out. I reckon the quality control bloke was drunk on duty the day yours was made.
Oh that russian vodka!!
"Per Ardua"
Deutsche Qualität
Believe it or not, quality control "slips" were not unheard of in the DDR despite the public posturing about how great everything was in the socialist utopia! That is an extreme example though and collectible in the same way that postage stamps without perforations or mis-struck coins tend to be. It should not have escaped the melting pot!!
As an aside, if the worker was bladdered I doubt it was Russian vodka. Even the Soviets (other ranks and junior officers anyway) had problems getting it. My colleagues and I were able to buy Stolichnaya (Capital) vodka in Natashas Russian Giftshop in E. Berlin and trade it with Soviet troops for badges and stuff. They used to go nuts for it"Stoli" was uncommon in the UK back then but now I think most pubs and bars sell it.
It's hard to imagine how that buckle ended up like that as I believe they were pressed into the 3D shape from a flat blank stamped from sheet stock
Regards
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
You are all wrong... it's a very rare variant and worth a fortune. It should be put on fleabay immediately - with an appropriate description of course!.
Cheers,
Steve
Now I'm salivating!!!
Wait...did they get weekends off in the DDR? I feel like that's not a perk of communism
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