Another addition to my wound badge collection, I could not resist the badge shown here on the forum by member "Novara" for evaluation, see here http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=719720 ......so I bought it ! Thanks Andrew !
As discussed unusual hardware on this one, but definitely a St u L made piece.....In the original thread Nigel did suggest a link with this hardware as an identifying feature for St u L, with the piece in hand I have been able to compare to a similar if not identical fastening system on another St u L made piece an early EK I repeat clasp/spange.....the only difference being size, the clasp hardware is smaller !
See the images and see if you agree with our observations......as a footnote, this variant weighs in at 9g as opposed to 12g for a standard early version............it is also not as deep in profile to the standard version.
Although included in my "Wound badge collectio" thread, I think it deserves a separate thread for discussion on this short lived ? mounting hardware.........
Prost !Steve.
As discussed unusual hardware on this one, but definitely a St u L made piece.....In the original thread Nigel did suggest a link with this hardware as an identifying feature for St u L, with the piece in hand I have been able to compare to a similar if not identical fastening system on another St u L made piece an early EK I repeat clasp/spange.....the only difference being size, the clasp hardware is smaller !
See the images and see if you agree with our observations......as a footnote, this variant weighs in at 9g as opposed to 12g for a standard early version............it is also not as deep in profile to the standard version.
Although included in my "Wound badge collectio" thread, I think it deserves a separate thread for discussion on this short lived ? mounting hardware.........
Prost !Steve.
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