L/56

[tinmantis]

OK guys
who knows anything about L/56 marked stuff?
Seems to be quite a rare? A couple of L/56 crosses have turned up in the last few years, and a handful of sub badges, one IAB and maybe a wound badge, and that's all
One 2nd class spange appeared, but with nothing to judge it against, remained 'un-investigated'
I have found an L/56 1st class spange, and again, have never seen another!
Here is a montage of all L/56 marks and pins etc that have surfaced, the markings are from EK's and the pins: sub badges...

[tinmantis]

These are all I have to judge my spange with
Here's the relevant pieces of my 1st class spange:

[tinmantis]

Here's my spange
what do you all think? good, bad or ugly?
regards
jon

[tinmantis]

it has and had (in parts) a thick silvering, no doubt corroded in parts, and cleaned up to the base metal...

[tinmantis]

if this is a known fake, please stop me posting!

[tinmantis]

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yep, that's a pin head! just wanted to show the detailing on the leaves, stunning!

[tinmantis]

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[tinmantis]

last pic:
trash or treasure?
regards
jon

[Rich G]

Tim

So hard to know when no other examples exist to compare. But for what it's worth I think it has possibilities.

Could I use your L/56 montage for the marker marks section of my website?

Rich

[tinmantis]

Tim

So hard to know when no other examples exist to compare. But for what it's worth I think it has possibilities.

Could I use your L/56 montage for the marker marks section of my website?

Rich

of course you may (the one framed red is a wound badge)

say this is a repro, wouldn't we have seen more? it's very well done, and hook/pin/catch match original (yet sparse) examples... Someone spent alot of time and thought doing this. But where are the others? good OR bad?
jon

[Frank Heukemes]

Your's is the only one I know of, Jon, but it looks believable to me.

[TerryG]

OK guys
who knows anything about L/56 marked stuff?
Seems to be quite a rare? A couple of L/56 crosses have turned up in the last few years, and a handful of sub badges, one IAB and maybe a wound badge, and that's all
.

I cannot be of any help with a spange. All I have is an L/56 EK1

[tinmantis]

thanks Terry,
I've added it to the 'roll-of-honor' at the top of the thread
jon