1st Form 1st Class Spange

[RonR]

For your review and comments.

Pin was "cut" at some point...........


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[CMSgt]

Spange

First model L/57 Boerger & Co. Jim

[Wim Vangossum]

Not the most common collectible I guess...


Regards, Wim



Freedom is not for Free

[tinmantis]

it's had a hard life, but 100% authentic, and 100% cool
I'll buy it
regards
jon

[RonR]

Thanks guys.

Interesting that the pins on some souvenir'd awards have been cut.

Any ideas on why?


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[RonR]

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[Panzer-Division]

very nice

[steiner68]

why pins was cut ?

Great question !

[Jean-Claude]

why pins was cut ?

Great question !

I dont know if it applies here but I've seen that before on a few occsions. As weird as it may seem when I started collecting and it was still fairly common to buy stuff directly from the vets that brought it back you would see entire frames of stuff where the pins & catches had been broken to fit a thin frame (deep frames were not common) or so the items (including armbands and cloth insiginia, ribbons etc.) could be glued to cardboard. In one instance the vet just cut the pins off because his kids had a tendency to play "soldiers" with the badges he kept in an old tin box in the basement

JC

[Darrell]

...As weird as it may seem when I started collecting and it was still fairly common to buy stuff directly from the vets that brought it back you would see entire frames of stuff where the pins & catches had been broken to fit a thin frame ....

JC

If that was the case, you's think the catches would have been broken off or at least flattened too. These are all intact. Rather strange to say the least.

[magnusmilitaria]

congratulations! this clasp is candy!

[streptile]

Maybe testing for precious metals?