I was reading "German Medal Makers and Their Marks" by Mark Woods and came acroos an interesting statement on page 123 which states:
"During WW! Deschler made:
Pour le Merite (Blue Max);
Bavarian Military Merit Cross,
the Turkish Star (halbmond),"
and more items.
I sent the author a question about this statement and here is what he sent back:
"Glad that you found some use in the book.
Regarding the Deschler PLM, sadly I do not have any detail photos of their blue max.
I have been back to my original research papers to find out why I made this claim (memory gets worse with age!").
I am certain that they made the PLM as this was reported in an interview given by the last boss of Deschler - Mr Stillner.
Mr Stillner is pictured at his display desk with the PLM visible and he definately says they made them.
Small extract attached. Sorry I can't be any more help than this."
Picture attched below.
Thoughts?
"During WW! Deschler made:
Pour le Merite (Blue Max);
Bavarian Military Merit Cross,
the Turkish Star (halbmond),"
and more items.
I sent the author a question about this statement and here is what he sent back:
"Glad that you found some use in the book.
Regarding the Deschler PLM, sadly I do not have any detail photos of their blue max.
I have been back to my original research papers to find out why I made this claim (memory gets worse with age!").
I am certain that they made the PLM as this was reported in an interview given by the last boss of Deschler - Mr Stillner.
Mr Stillner is pictured at his display desk with the PLM visible and he definately says they made them.
Small extract attached. Sorry I can't be any more help than this."
Picture attched below.
Thoughts?
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