Did Souval Make Pre-45 Police LS Awards?

[dcdefend]

I have a long service police award in each class, all marked on the ring L/58.

Did Souval make these before 1945? If so, I post them for opinions. If not, I won't waste time photographing them.

Thanks,

John

[Silesien]

Souval made them postwar, listed in his 1971 catalog as,-
item 8/28 for 25 yrs
item 8/29 for 18 yrs
item 8/30 for 8 yrs

They usually came with original ribbons. The 25 yr & 18 yr Crosses were a little bit too heavy, too thick, & the edges were rough w/saw marks. Of course they had the L/58 rings.

I have no idea if they made them during the war.

[Peter J.]

John, I would be interested to see your crosses

cheers
Peter

[dcdefend]

Police Awards

I suspect these are the exact L58 post war Souvals. I will post them since Peter wants to see. Thanks for the replies.

John

[dcdefend]

Police LS awards

Here are the three suspected post war Souval Police Long Service awards. The hallmarks on the rings all say L/58, but are too small for me to photograph.

[Silesien]

It's important to see the edges of your medals, to see if they have any roughness / saw-marks.

[dcdefend]

Police LS awards

now the silver cross

[dcdefend]

Police LS Awards

finally, the gold one

[dcdefend]

Police LS Awards

Silesien,

On the gold & silver crosses, I see fine lines on the edges, but not on the medal. It's too small for me to photograph, I have to use a big magnifying glass to see them.

John

[Peter J.]

Thanks John, I appreciate it

cheers
Peter

[Silesien]

Their 8 yr medal didn't have the saw marks, it was smooth like the edge of an original. But I seem to remember it being too thick. All 3 came with a pin sewn onto the back of the ribbons, the pin was not correct & odd-looking. I see by the holes on the ribbons that they've been removed.

[dcdefend]

Police LS awards

Those holes you see were where the ribbons were stapled to a 4 x 8 piece of plywood covered with red felt to display 3rd Reich awards at military shows. Ken Lane had all we needed for the display.

John