You are asking about numbering on the cases,I assume that the german case makers used a similar principal to ourselves when making round cornered cases. It was by steaming pieces of strawboard until mosit then placing in between two metal dies that were heated up usually by a gas jet. They were then pressed together in a flypress sandwiching the card. After a few minutes the card dried out and retained the shape of the tools. As casemakers produced many different sizes of cases and patterns the toolmaker would put a code number in the dies in order that the male and female would always match up. This process was very labour intensive and is no longer used.If anyone needs assistance in recognising original cases I will be only too pleased to help I have some literature on German case making collected by British Intelligence after the war. Also my grandfather was a casemaker from around 1918 until he died in 1957 my mother was also in the same trade so you will see that I have quite a lot of experience on the subject. I personally have been making cases for medals and regalia since 1968.
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Hello Tom,
Thanks for the explanation => it is always interesting to learn about these, you say that you have some info from the Britisch intilligence regarding case producers, etc .......
Cann you explain the codes often found in the cases => such as for example : KB , D & B , etc ... for what these are standing ?
Is it possible to make me a copy from this literature as I would be very interested in learning more about these ? or where one can find these info ? etc ......
Cordial Greetings,
ps : feel free to contact me in private about this : theodorscherer@hotmail.comComment
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