Hello together - Sorry for this second attempt!
I do have here a "Flieger-Erinnerungs-Abzeichen" made by Meybauer and would like to have some qualified opinions about several details that bother me (a little bit )
The overall design is in accordance with literature and sources of other forums:
Meybauer all the way, but no makers mark.
Consists of silvered metal, measures 72 X 46 mm (seems ok) and weights 24.6 g (seems too heavy?).
The questionmarks for me, besides the weight, are the following:
- the head of the eagle looks somewhat molten with no details, although even the finest structures of leaves and landscape/buildings are visible (wear should affect more than one spot, or am I wrong?)
- the little "pimples" (see red circles) look like the usual cast artefacts - is there a natural explanation for it?
- the upper weephole is below the hinge-well instead of above as I have seen in all Meybauer badges - is this a known variety?
- the "hole" in the side puzzles me completely - would the "Meybauer quality-control" have let this pass? Why a hole anyway - the rim of the punched-out one-piece badge would go all the way around - or wouldn´t it ?
I hope, the pics are sufficient for your judgement - they´re the only ones I have.
Please share your knowledge with me an let us all have answers to these questions!
Thanks in advance for vivid input
Hagrid
(@Mod- please delete the first threat containing no visible pictures... Thank you so much!)
I do have here a "Flieger-Erinnerungs-Abzeichen" made by Meybauer and would like to have some qualified opinions about several details that bother me (a little bit )
The overall design is in accordance with literature and sources of other forums:
Meybauer all the way, but no makers mark.
Consists of silvered metal, measures 72 X 46 mm (seems ok) and weights 24.6 g (seems too heavy?).
The questionmarks for me, besides the weight, are the following:
- the head of the eagle looks somewhat molten with no details, although even the finest structures of leaves and landscape/buildings are visible (wear should affect more than one spot, or am I wrong?)
- the little "pimples" (see red circles) look like the usual cast artefacts - is there a natural explanation for it?
- the upper weephole is below the hinge-well instead of above as I have seen in all Meybauer badges - is this a known variety?
- the "hole" in the side puzzles me completely - would the "Meybauer quality-control" have let this pass? Why a hole anyway - the rim of the punched-out one-piece badge would go all the way around - or wouldn´t it ?
I hope, the pics are sufficient for your judgement - they´re the only ones I have.
Please share your knowledge with me an let us all have answers to these questions!
Thanks in advance for vivid input
Hagrid
(@Mod- please delete the first threat containing no visible pictures... Thank you so much!)
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