Period Sales Catalog Illustrations of WW1 Flying Badges

[Rick Research]

If anyone has old sales catalogs-- especially from identified makers and dated editions, of military awards sales catalogs, please post the CATALOG illustrations ONLY here. If someone finds a MATCH with an unmarked badge, we can start a new thread for each such badge and move the catalog illustration confirmation over into it.

Here to start are two from my original January 1939 Steinhauer & Lück catalog. Their engravings are exact, precise duplications obviously made from photographs of their originals, with no "artistic license" from comparisons of other badges shown (Silesian Eagle, 1918 Uboat Badge, Turkish War Medal star etc etc) Notice how the inner "cap" follows the line of the crown arches.

1939 S&L Prussian Observer:

[Rick Research]

Note that although hollow or solid types were offered, Steinhauer apparently did NOT make badges in real silver, but only in base metal alloy. Note the distinctive crown and ribbon bow details which should help as first matching points for their badges, which were unmarked.

Their Prussian Pilot Badge--

[Rick Research]

These next two are from a "Sommer 1934" dated catalog which does not bear the manufacturer's company name on it. The salesman's name is stamped with a Dresden address, though a full range of Imperial replacement awards was included, so this does not seem to have been a saxon company. These two are courtesy of Paul Chepurko, who sent copies of the catalog to me.

Prussian Observer. Note the way the "cap" completely fills the arches, with lines like it is a baked roll. Three prices for different types were listed under this same number, which may therefore only actually represent ONE of the types: hollow RM 4.50, solid RM 5.70, and .835 silver an enormous RM 16.00!!!

[Rick Research]

And their Prussian Pilot badge, prices RM 3.80 hollow, RM 5.00 solid, RM 14.00 for .835 silver. Given a period exchange rate of about 1 RM = $.25, the silver price doesn't sound like much today, but that was a hefty price back then!

Note the collapsed "sagging balloon" cap lines in this crown.

[kaiserhusar]

sales catalog

And their Prussian Pilot badge, prices RM 3.80 hollow, RM 5.00 solid, RM 14.00 for .835 silver. Given a period exchange rate of about 1 RM = $.25, the silver price doesn't sound like much today, but that was a hefty price back then!

Note the collapsed "sagging balloon" cap lines in this crown.

hello rick,

the observer and the pilotbadge nr. 7549 and 7550 you show, are from the catalog of W. Deumer Lüdenscheid.
i own their catalog printed 1926 with the same images and numbers.

perhaps gregm can show us some images of his godet sales catalog.

greetings from cologne
marko

[stogieman]

Interesting Meybauer Pilot Badge!

Take a look at this Pilot Badge Detlev sold today. Maker marked for Meybauer. Detlev cites it as Lembcke?Meybauer. Note the very characteristic "fish-tail" Meybauer pin and you can just see the maker mark peeking out from under the pin. It will be very interesting to do a comparison of the front of this badge with a known Juncker example!

[stogieman]

Right off the bat...

... note the very striking differences between Juncker bows and the Meybauer bow (at the base of the badge!)

[Tony & Kaiser]

Really interesting! I have only seen that bow pattern on Commemorative Pilot's badges before. Rick, any chance you can turn the page on that catalogue and show us the backs of the badges?

[Sonderkommando]

One thing I noticed with the post WW1 catalogues is that the badges are offered in .835 silver and not .800 as found on most Junker and Pollath badges.
Also with the Maybauer badge not only the ribbon bow is totally different but look at the sides of the crown!

Regards,
Brett

[gregM]

godet brochure

My Godet brochure only shows miniatures and order chains . Here is a
link to a thread that shows some of it. It you wish, I can post close-ups
of particular mini ribbons.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...sales+brochure

thanks,
greg