Wound badge packet

[Allan P.]

What do you think of this one boys?

It comes with a black wound badge.

Allan

[Allan P.]

and the back

[MH184]

Very nice, original of course as you know mate. L/55 packets for Watchler and Lange are more often encountered than not (more common than most in actual maker address of course), that is when encountered really I should say.....in this guise with full intentional Ldo mark and designation.

You often see these for the Ost medal, but not so often I confess for the WB, so this is a very nice good condition specimen....I like the little bugger alot Allan !!! A little gem this mate !

I think my book will consist of alot of your packets mate

Out of interest can you show the WB please, and catch if possible also mate.

Hows the head Allan, I didn't get drunk all over New Years !!!!

[MH184]

I should point out from a personal impression, these designation and full Ldo printed examples, in my opinion are sort of rareish !!! More so than these generic Ldo sorts with ink stamps on them, two a penny those.

[Allan P.]

Here are a couple of bad shots!!!

[Allan P.]

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[Allan P.]

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[Thomas H]

Nice packet Allan

Do you guys consider these packets "with designation and full Ldo printed examples" as being early- or late in the war. Same question for the packets with the ink stamps.

"Ink stamp when we didn't have a special packet or ink stamp when it didn't really care anymore?"

Greetings, Thomas

[MH184]

Perhaps one maker is not a good idea for a gauge of period estimation (as this maker is more evident than not in this guise of Ldo marking) But overall with the little known examples out there, I would hazzard an 'educated' guess at these being certainly pre 1944 era (before mid 44 at the latest as an estimation say).

Otherwise, generally speaking, yes I opt for an 'earlier' determination in the scale of such deliberation. So a very late 41/42 to around 44; two years plus months period of production in such like production wise....perhaps ?

I've other thoughts, but we'll keep it basic for now rather than really confuse the issue.

[Thomas H]

Thanks Marcus.

I know that with just one maker it is hard to tell when it was fabricated.

My guesses would then be that the ink stamp is 1944/45

Thomas

[MH184]

44/45


Uuum a bit late in my opinion, as we see traits of the desigantion flailing away, and the more latter packets of the Ldo nature in these specific packets, paper, cellophane or wax, marked or unmarked.

Also there's ample suggestion via many maker marked packets to suggest indeed only ink stamps were used in conjuction with Ldo packets as time goes on, even from mid 1943 certainly. I'm giving this packet of Allans scope as we must really to embrace many factors. If honest, I'd judge it as mid war and before 1944. This is a substitute Ldo mark for a maker mark for retail, I don't think this would be later than 1944 in any event of mass production.

I would expect a desigantion packet and this attribute of the Ldo mark to be in days of 'higher visible' standards and the practice worthy.

Production the packet, not award or issue or sale.

this isn't an ink stamp but print !

[Thomas H]

I should point out from a personal impression, these designation and full Ldo printed examples, in my opinion are sort of rareish !!! More so than these generic Ldo sorts with ink stamps on them, two a penny those.

Maybe my question wasn't clear.

In your text (placed above) you are talking about Allan's packet (printed designation and L/55) and the Ldo packets with Ldo printed on the front and also on the front a blue/black/red ink stamp with what should go in the packet.

I don't know if your last reply is about the packet Allan shows or about the Ldo packets with ink stamp?

You said that you think Allan's packet is "a very late 41/42 to around 44"
(I have absolutely no idea when it is printed, that's why I asked)

My point:"My guesses would then be that the ink stamp is 1944/45" is about the Ldo with ink stamp and not about Allan's packet.

Allan's packet: very late 41/42 to around 44
Ldo with ink stamp: mid 44 till may45??????????, just a guess of me (again no idea)

Maybe it is just a stupid question of me

Greetings, Thomas

[MH184]

Oh right, now I see, yeah sure around 44 onwards