Eastern Fronts in good shape with maker mark question

[Rommel1933]

Hello all... I finally have been able to pick up some good condition eastern front medals... The one on the right has a maker mark of "1" Is that supposed to be 100?

100 = Rudolf Wachtler & Lange Mittweida

Any thoughts?

[Tom Yanacek]

Hi Scott,

Two very nice medals. The '1' is for Deschler & Sohn of Munich.

Best regards,
Tom

[Rommel1933]

Hello Tom!

Thank you for your help!

Interesting enough it looks like we need to update our own WAF info... This list is missing a few..

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/camp...intermedal.htm

Thank you,
Scott

[luftkrieg]

These are great Scott.

Kind regards
Pierce

[Woolgar]

A lovely brace of Ostmedals

Nick

[Tom Yanacek]

Interesting enough it looks like we need to update our own WAF info... This list is missing a few..

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/camp...intermedal.htm

Hi Scott,

Yes! That listing is dated and is at least 12 years old. A more recent listing of East Medal makers can be found in post #10 of the following thread:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=485413

There were certainly at least 50 different manufacturers involved in production of the East Medals.

Best regards,
Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

Here is the list of makers as compiled by WAF member "Gruzd":

Medals with maker marks

1 Deschler & Sohn, Munchen
3 Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid
4 Steinhauer & Luck, Ludenscheid
5 Hermann Wernstein, Jena-Lobstedt
6 Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart
7 Paul Meybauer, Berlin
10 Foerster & Barth, Pforzheim
11 Grossmann & Co. , Wien
13 Gustav Brehmer , Markneukirchen/Sa
14 L. Chr. Lauer, Nurnberg-W
15 Friedrich Orth, Wien
18 Karl Wurster K.G. , Markneukirchen/Sa
19 Ferdinand Wiedmann , Frankfurt am Main, Schifferstrasse 52
20 C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim
25 Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur-Gold und Silberschemiede-Innungen, Hanau
29 Prussische Staatsmunze (Hauptmunzamt) , Berlin
30 Hauptmunzamt, Wien
39 Rudolf Berge, Gablonz a.d.N.
45 Franz Jungwirth, Wien
50 Karl Gschiermeister, Wien
51 Eduard Goriach & Sohne, Gablonz/N.
55 J.E. Hammer & Sohne , Geringswalde
60 Katz & Deyhle , Pforzheim
61 Rudolf A. Karneth & Sohne, Gablonz a.d.N.
63 Franz Klast & Sohne , Gablonz a.N.
65 Klein & Quenzer A.G. , Idar/Oberstein
71 Rudolf Leukert, Oberstein
72 Franz Lipp, Pforzheim
73 Frank Manert, Gablonz a.d.N.
76 Ernst L. Muller , Pforzheim
77 Bayer. Hauptmunzamt, Munchen
85 Julius Pletsch , Gablonz /N.
88 Werner Redo, Saarlautern
90 Aug. F. Richter K.G., Hamburg
92 Josef Rucker & Sohn , Gablonz a.d.N.
93 Richard Simm & Sohne , Gablonz a.d.N.
100 and L/55 Rudolf Wachtler & Lange, Mittweida
107 Carl Wild, Hamburg
108 Arno Wallpach, Salzburg
110 Otto Zappe , Gablonz
117 Hugo Lang , Wiesenthal a.N.
120 Franz Petzl, Wien
127 Moritz Hausch A.G., Pforzheim
L15 UNKNOWN

Medals without maker marks, but are packages with the name of the manufacturer

(2) C.E. Junker, Berlin
(8) Ferdinand Hoffstadter, Bonn a. Rhein
(9) Liefergemeinschaft Schmuckhandwerker, Pforzheim
(23) Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Heeresbedarf in der Graveur- und Ziselierinnung, Berlin
(26) B. H. Mayer's Kunst-prageanstalt, Pforzheim
(28) Eugen Schmidthausser, Pforzheim
(66) Freidrich Keller Oberstein
(84) Carl Poellath Schrobenhausen
(98) Rudolf Souval Wien
(109) Walter & Hentein Gablonz a.d.N.
(138) Julius Maurer Oberstein
(???) Metallwarenfabrik K. Verw. Hans Dieren Posen, Ritterstrasse 17

[Rommel1933]

Thank you Pierce, Nick, and Tom!

Thank you for the info Tom. I guess with over 2 million produced you would need a lot of companies making this one!!

Thank you, Scott

[Ralph Arndt]

Nice.

[RKC]

Scott:

If you & the guys who collect & want to know more about the 'Ostmedaille' were to buy Sascha Weber's new book "Die Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" you'd have pretty well EVERYTHING you wanted to know in your hands.

Even if the book is in the German language at present, it has a great collection of digital photographs of all the known medals & covers the maker marks as well as, all the little details that helps separate them from each other.

I read very little German but, the book is 'great' for referring to the medal itself & if you're into the "packets" part of it as well, this book covers them with many digital photographs.

This is not a 'book report' guys....I'm just offering you some 'Information' for your thread.

Ron.

[Aiceman]

The medals and the ribbons are originals