After getting this one - it is not what I thought it was .
Any ideas as to maker ??
Douglas
Any ideas as to maker ??
Douglas
-
-
IMO it may be Brehmer (=13)
Regards
Jarek -
Interesting you indicate Brehmer on this one - Jarek .
I original got it on a gamble(small pictures) of it being a S&L or W&H over 3 years ago .
Comparing it the first time with a marked 13 it did not match . Mine had the S&L type slanted bead , sharper bead crowns and normal bead spacing .
Over time you have developed a good eye - so there had to be something to it .
I took another extensive look at many Brehmers .... and found that we have another (early) Brehmer frame die .
A frame that - does not - have the typical fat low bead crowns with the shallow razor thin bead spacing and well frosted -- with minor to well defined pedestaled center .
In my search I came across this one that is like the one I have .
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=Brehmer
The one in the link above you also identified as a Brehmer - without the typical features - but has the exact same core as mine .
There is a real good possibility this is an early Brehmer (S&L) frame - one of the many companies supplied by S&L .
That is the challenge with these unmarked dies/components S&L supplied to other manufacturers .
DouglasComment
-
The other comparisons :
Worth pointing out .... the early cores have no pedestal .. .
It appears to me this is a progressive developing feature of this core .
DouglasComment
-
It's certanly a S&L based die that has been used on this cross.Comment
-
The slanted bead is an easy feature one can pick out that indicates it came from a S&L master die .
... but other S&L master dies do not have that feature .
Not sure there is a good enough match to a Brehmer or not ?
Last picture I see I have 2 different labeled 'B's - the top yellow B should be a white A .
DouglasComment
-
Any one else think it is a unm 13 or unm 4 .
DouglasComment
Comment