Question about Rudolf Wachtler & Lange

[AUSGANG]

I posted this in the 57er forum but I need a fast answer: Were any 57er EK1s manufactured by Rudolf Wachtler & Lange and marked with a 100 or only 1939-1945? Thanks in advance...

[ben bijker]

I posted this in the 57er forum but I need a fast answer: Were any 57er EK1s manufactured by Rudolf Wachtler & Lange and marked with a 100 or only 1939-1945? Thanks in advance...

I.m not sue Anthony but I doubt they used the markings post-wa.
Unless they had old stock...
But so far I haven't seen a fake 100 mark, and it's a pretty easy to identify marking...

Good luck,
ben

[streptile]

Never seen one myself.

I would expect a real one to have W&L hardware and a W&L frame, both very distinctive.

[Dietrich Maerz]

Waechtler & Lange was located in Mittweida which was in the Soviet occupied zone of Germany. The company was dispossessed after the war and the managing director, Emil Walter Lange, was sent to Siberia where he died.

So what are the changes of them producing after the war or the fascist, degenerate West German war mongering 1957 badges?

Dietrich

[AUSGANG]

Waechtler & Lange was located in Mittweida which was in the Soviet occupied zone of Germany. The company was dispossessed after the war and the managing director, Emil Walter Lange, was sent to Siberia where he died.

So what are the changes of them producing after the war or the fascist, degenerate West German war mongering 1957 badges?

Dietrich

None apparently! Thanks to all of ya!

[AUSGANG]

Apparently this particular cross was so well denazified that the seller assumed it was a post war 57er, not knowing about the oak leaves... Thanks for the answers!