Petz & Lorenz destroyer

[schwelch]

Hi guys,

I would like to show you my new tombak destroyer badge attributed to Petz & Lorenz.
Thanks to Giel!!!

I hope you like it and opinions are welcome!!!

Best regards
Sven

[schwelch]

some more pictures

[amiklic1]

Wow! Nice piece, well preserved. Congrats!

[Jordan Wills]

That's a great looking P&L in lovely condition.
Jordan

[BubbaZ]

Hi Sven,
This is a real beauty! Very nice tombak P&L Destroyer And I have a twin brother to yours with exactly the same 'scars on its face'
Cheers,
Hubert

[BubbaZ]

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[Tom Yanacek]

Superb badges!

Best regards,
Tom

[Thomas Durante]

Nice addition Sven, great condition.

Same with you Hubert, excellent P&L in great condition.

Tom

[Giel VW]

Glad you like it Sven

[greg1878]

Good catch Sven, when I saw it I thought it might head your way
Best - Greg

[Kevin grootaers]

Very nice addition Sven a real beauty.

[schwelch]

HI guys,

thanks a lot for your kind comments - much appreciated!!!
@Hubert: Very nice example - thanks for posting!!!

BR
Sven

[Norm F]

... And I have a twin brother to yours with exactly the same 'scars on its face'
Cheers,
Hubert

Hi Hubert,

It's interesting that both Sven's and your badges have the same circular flaw on the right. Some circular piece of metal with a ribbed pattern on its surface was pressed into the badge in that spot. If they were in slightly different spots one might wonder about a vice that was gripping it there but since the positions are identical I wonder if this occurred during the process of stamping out the interior cutouts from a fault in the tool?

Best regards,
---Norm

[BubbaZ]

I wonder if this occurred during the process of stamping out the interior cutouts from a fault in the tool?

Hi Norm,
This is possible and also the flow on the bow wave maight not be the true flaw but also a damage made by the pressing tool?
Cheers,
Hubert

[Norm F]

Hey, I just realized that Markus (Liquidmetall) made a similar observation in a previous thread in 2012, and reading his comment I believe he thought it might have been caused by a later step in production during the vaulting of the badge. Very interesting thought, but the unflawed examples are also vaulted so I still don't know why only some examples exhibit the flaws, unless it has to do with how zealously they're vaulted.

Anyway, good to link these two threads together.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=602158

Best regards,
---Norm