Luxury Wound Badge in Gold for review

[Roglebk]

Hi All
thank you for your comments and great examples.
I saw the one with "Silber" marking on MB's silver example.
but how about others without silver marking?
does my example (Without marking) a silver made example with gold finish?

thank you

Gilded Silver items had to be marked with silver mark, '938' for example but that was in WWI, not sure how long it applied. Hans GWB is not marked either so maybe some other base metal than silver.

[Viracocha]

Eric Lin,

Your WW1 VWA in Gold is from Jan Stiller's team-militaria. You removed his hallmark from the pictures...

[Gary B]

Interesting.

I thought the asterisk simply meant "not silver," and was used on many different makers' badges and awards. Is there a specific thread in which the connection to Godet was made?

Thank you in advance.

Hi Streptile,

No thread that mentioned it. I was told by a friend who might have inferred it from Carsten Baldes book on Imperial Aviation badges (which identified a badge as Godet that had the asterisk mark). Perhaps your theory is more accurate.

Gary

[Elmar Lang]

Just a little information: the "asterisk" or "star" mark (Sternpunze or Sternmarke), was officially used in Imperial Austria, to indicate a piece (gilt or silvered) made of non-precious metal.

E.L.

[Gary B]

Just a little information: the "asterisk" or "star" mark (Sternpunze or Sternmarke), was officially used in Imperial Austria, to indicate a piece (gilt or silvered) made of non-precious metal.

E.L.

Thanks for the info.

Gary B

[Hagrid]

Why then should Godet use it on a flying badge, being a german jeweller? Or was this mark in use in Germany too, at that time?
Regards
Hagrid

[Maciej G]

Interesting topic.