It is maker mark.
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Rear W/pin
Rear w/pin.Comment
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I'm not hot about this one. Pin, catch, overall finish etc. I know, all those negative vibes but sorry, Jimmy.Comment
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Frank would you look again please. The zinc is bubbling like crasy on the rear. Doesnt it take years for the finish to start bubbling? I thank You.Comment
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Jimmy, yes usually it'll take years before the bubbling shows up.
I've taken a second look and I don't see it but maybe I need new glasses plus you have the cross in hand, so it's bubbling.
Please don't take my opinion as a final verdict. I'm just passing my opinion based on my own mm3's, the files I have plus that gut feeling and all combined says to me somethings wrong here.
Hopefully someone else has a better idea about your cross and we'll both learn something.Comment
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Close up of rear
Any other opinions. It has no links to Floch. And the back side has a whole lot of little bubbling. Hard to make out in picture but it is there the bubbling. ThanksComment
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Any morer opinions?Comment
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IMO Original badge.
However, it appears the reverse has been messed with and repainted. Catch looks replaced and the pin and hinge look not quite right for the maker.Comment
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Thanks Darrell, The back is not refinished just a bunch of little bubbles or dimples. The catch has been repaired for sure. Thanks for the help on the W/O to. Although it doesn't have the tell tale Foch "bumps" near the arms. I don't like the 1 either. Thanks
jimmyComment
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The marking is for Deumer. The cross has the correct "Deumer" plate under the hinge. The obverse match a Deumer as far as i can see. The needle and catch is not what we normaly see on a Deumer. Maybee this is a early postwar? St&L did it so why not Deumer?
PeterComment
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Thanks Peter and Darrell. JimmyComment
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Looks period
From the pictures it looks a genuine mid war period example, still retaining a high percentage of the original frosting to the obverse and the burnished highlights, with reference to the reverse it is evident it has had a few running repairs. Evidence of the silver plate reacting to the zinc base is characteristic with the zinc mid war construction Badges.
Regards MartinComment
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Hello,
I would say a genuine Deumer produced badge. I don't believe this the original hinge mounted on top of the correct plate and I also think the catch has been repaired.
William KramerLast edited by all1knew; 12-14-2007, 04:18 PM.Please visit my site: https://wehrmacht-militaria.com/Comment
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How?
I don't know how this got back to this forum.
It is listed for sale on the estand at a very attractive price.
And all of a sudden its up here.
Thanks to you guys for your kind comments. And I agree with your comments whole heartily.
Jimmy
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