meybauer...maybe?

[mario1]

A good friend that knows I have a soft spot for imperial badges stumbled in this in an antiques market...only have those two pics for now.
To my untrained eyes a good Meybauer but would like to see what you guys think of it.
regards
mario

[DDCOOK]

Mario,

I like this Meybauer badge. Great find!!!

Any translation of the inscription on the reverse of the badge?

Dan

[mario1]

I did not buy it yet...have to think about it asking price a bit ...sour ...round 1250 $ and still not too familiar with ongoing prices on these

[Hagrid]

Hi Mario!
"Dedicated in friendly memory to his dear (girl)friend Ger... [-tu? -ti ?] by her thankful Gerhard Römml..(?), Berlin d. 14.07.17"
And yes: This looks like a textbook silver Meybauer badge to me.
Although collecting these myself, I would not pay as much for it - engraved or not...
Regards
Hagrid

[jaba-the-hunt]

A badge like this worth about 1000 USD without any engrave.
Engraved badges tells a story and give us a view to the person who hold it. For me this makes a piece more interesting than a anonymous one.

I think this increase the value of this piece, if the engrave is original.

But there are collectors who don't care about history behind a piece and are only interested on metall. I don't want to affront somebody, just to notice that there are different views on this piece.

I would say 1200-1250USD is a fair price.

Kind regards
Alex

[jaba-the-hunt]

Lt.d.R. Gerhard Römmler
Birth: 03.09.1896 Spremberg
Death: 22.08.1918 Gotha

Flieger Ersatz Abteilung 3

[Hagrid]

(...) I think this increase the value of this piece, if the engrave is original. ...

Hi Alex!
Good point, there: It's a well known way of "pimping" a common badge with engravings, just to pretend "a story" - the information needed can easily be collected in the net.
(I think this one is good, though...)
And I know a lot of fellow collectors who judge an engraving as an alteration/ damage to the original issue - a point of view that I personally don't share.
Whether an engraving is worth another 250 bucks should everyone decide for himself....especially if the badge has not been worn by the recipient but was a giveaway as a sweethearts charme.
I think this badge would be payed well with appr. 1000 $, beeing a scarcer silver example - unless one wants to pay the prices the notorious dealers are charging on their sites (even without the engraving...)
Regards
Hagrid

[Claudius]

And I know a lot of fellow collectors who judge an engraving as an alteration/ damage to the original issue

I would actively encourage those collectors to inform me immediately when they find these badges for sale.

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Whether an engraving is worth another 250 bucks should everyone decide for himself....especially if the badge has not been worn by the recipient but was a giveaway as a sweethearts charme.

That's an odd way of looking at the badge. And who says he didn't wear this badge, or any other badge that was engraved from a sweetheart to her pilot beau. The whole reason they bought these medals/awards/badges was for use.

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[Söderbaum]

Hi

I do think that Römmler was an very experienced pilot who had served on the Macedonian front in 1916. He was apparently "living" in Berlin in 1918.
So why did he in-script it in 1917 when he apparently had received his badge more then a Year earlier ? Maybe he found a girlfriend in Berlin..
Anyway if they sell his logbook or similar it would be of historic value for people like me

Gunnar

[Hagrid]

Interesting points of view, here!
I still believe, the engraving means that he gave this silver badge to his girlfriend to show his gratefulness (for whatever...) - not vice versa - and that he bought it especially for that purpose.
He was a very young man in his 21st year then - I really don't think he had that badge engraved to wear it himself!
Regards
Hagrid

[mario1]

Thanks for all the comments ,guys.
At the end I bought it.Whe I will have it on hands will take some shots of it
many thanks again
Mario

[mario1]

finally received the badge and took some additonal shots of it
ciao

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