Tank badge - Opinion's ....

[stirnpanzer]

Seen a couple of these recently ...
Marked : Meybauer 900

[stirnpanzer]

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[Don D.]

I like it. You should have posted it in the Imperial forum though. I'm sure the mod will move it shortly.

[Pascal H.]

I like it. You should have posted it in the Imperial forum though. I'm sure the mod will move it shortly.

Done .

KR
Pascal

[Don D.]

Thanks Pascal.

[Mike Kenny]

Hmmm - Meybauer marked (apparently), yet it appears to have a more Juncker-like obverse deisgn (in particular the high relief - rather than recessed - shell bursts and guns) and imo it does NOT have a Meyabuer hinge.

Regards
Mike

[Don D.]

How sure are we that Meybauer made these vice buying the badge from someone else and then applying their mark?

[Don D.]

The reason I asked. This is the accepted Meybauer obverse.

[Don D.]

reverse

[Don D.]

Maker/supplier mark on the hinge:

[gregM]

I do not pretend to know anything about tank badges but in the last
post---The makers mark looks to be AWS not Meybauer

[Don D.]

Exactly. AWS and Meybauer were both based in Berlin, correct? So who supplied them with the Kampfwagonabzeichens? We know of at least three different versions, this one, the Juncker one, and the early type with the ugly skull. That says three different dies so possibly three different makers.

[Brian S]

I can't support the first badge posted. Looks like a very very good cast of maybe an original. Solid back, heavy, clunky, no... Pin hinge look entirely wrong. I think a modern copy that with that good definition will fool and cause discussion.

[Gregory Koepp]

Ya the first one worries me too, the details and hinge/pin. But close... The outer edges of the badge wear and the skull on the tank is whats sticking in my mind.

Sure would like to find a nice one myself!

greg

[Mike Kenny]

Exactly. AWS and Meybauer were both based in Berlin, correct? So who supplied them with the Kampfwagonabzeichens? We know of at least three different versions, this one, the Juncker one, and the early type with the ugly skull. That says three different dies so possibly three different makers.

Meybauer appears to have produced just about every conceivable award themselves. AWS more than likely produced their own EKs but when it comes to a much rarer award like the Kampfwagonabz they probably outsourced - in this case from Meybauer. I would see Meybauer as a more likely source for smaller companies, not a company on the receiving end.

Regards
Mike