Don't know when or why the pin was cut on this one....
............
............
-
RonR -
One sees this the odd time . Not sure what happened or why .
A nice L/11 marked EK1 other wise .
Douglas -
Purely conjecture, but could it be for quick/easy removal from uniform? Instead of fumbling with getting the pin open, it could just be slid off (and/or back into) loops sewn on the uniform.
Just something that occurred to me.
best
HankUnless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
~ Dan Hampton, Viper PilotComment
-
Perhaps impurities in the material used for the pin and a breakage occurred when stressed...? Anything and everything is only as strong as/at its weakest link.
RobertComment
-
Don't know if this is right or wrong, but I believe that in many cases, the pins were clipped to prevent the badge to from being worn again.
I have noticed through the years, quite a number of party pins with clipped pins.
Here are a number fro your review, and a number of other awards where the pins were obviously clipped....what do you think?
...................RonRComment
-
---RonRComment
-
----RonRComment
-
-----RonRComment
-
1st Class Spange...
...RonRComment
-
Sports Badge....
................RonRComment
-
Pilots Badge....
....RonRComment
-
I have had several EK1s that had the pin snipped off, not bent or broken, for sure cut off near the middle. My conjecture is that this was done when processing POWS after the war's end, essentially letting them keep the award with no way to display it. Maybe this was before the denazification "decree" when all swastikas had to be removed... Good question to ask but probably no one is left to answer...Comment
-
Interesting .... very likely scenario .
DouglasComment
Comment