Frank & Reif Marked and Unmarked

[Graeme]

Hi Guys

Now that I have you PAB guys in this thread , I think a couple of these would compliment your PAB collections. Looks like similar hardware used on both PABs and IABs.

Anyway here are two of my new additions. You can plainly see these are both F&R.
Interesting to see the same hinge and catch guides are on both badges.

Hope you like them

regards

Graeme

[Graeme]

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[Chet Sowersby]

Graeme,
A stunning pair! I try to collect by pairs but I don't have this set. You have a wounderful set with these two.

Chet

[robert60446]

Very impressive Graeme, very impressive! You have some real treasures in your collection…

[Graeme]

Robert,

No.....The treasures gone to pay for all the badges

By the way the above two are both silver, it's just the marked badge appears to be going a bit darker after I treated it with vasoline....


cheers guys...off fly fishing now with Spike Jones so we will be fishing and talking badges all day.... you can't beat that !!

regards
Graeme

[Hans N]

cheers guys...off fly fishing now with Spike Jones so we will be fishing and talking badges all day.... you can't beat that !!

Yes it´s beatable, fishing, talking badges and drinking beer at the same time

Nice pair of IAB´s Graeme

[Indy]

hi Graeme

This F&R marked IAB is so rare.......well done. I almost can't believe what I have seen. A very nice Christmas image gift to me.

kr
Indy

[Dennis P]

Graeme:

What a superb pair of F&R IABs. These will be great additions to your collection.

I'm still searching for a maker marked example. These are tough to find in any condition.

Hope you enjoyed the great outdoors.

Dennis

[Graeme]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Hans - Of course you are so right

Spike 5 Rainbow Trout
Graeme 4 Rainbow Trout

Very cold but we did have a few beers after..oh and a hip flask of whisky in the morning

cheers

Graeme

[Spike Jones]

..........and I caught the biggest fish.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Hans - Of course you are so right

Spike 5 Rainbow Trout
Graeme 4 Rainbow Trout

Very cold but we did have a few beers after..oh and a hip flask of whisky in the morning

cheers

Graeme

[Philippe DB]

By the way the above two are both silver, it's just the marked badge appears to be going a bit darker after I treated it with vasoline....

Hi Graeme,

Well IMO you have a "real" couple, the left one for me was/Is a bronze grade.

The very dark tone is typical for late F&R badges and on top of that the hardware also is the color you expect to see on a bronze grade. Compare your hardware with the one on this Silver grade that also lost most of it's finish. I think you agree with me that this is completely different.

KR
Philippe

[Master3477]

Hello

a nice couple. The silver one is a real beauty

For me the unmarked F&Rs are harder to find than the mm ones. Or lets say I have some mm F&Rs an NO unmarked F&R.

Here some examples:

[Master3477]

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