Hymmen & Co, one of the rarer CCCs

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear all,

Thought I would show you some pics of a silver CCC by rarer maker Hymmen & Co or L/53. One of these clasps is also shown in the new Tucker book. And yes, both are original!

Cheers, Frank

[Frank Heukemes]

reverse

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L/53 mark on the left side (standing on it´s side)

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H. & C. L. (Hymmen & Co, Lüdenscheid) mark on the right reverse side

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catch

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hinge

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Detail center. Note that like with all Hymmen badges I have seen so far (e.g. PAB or Destroyer) the eagle´s chest has a very simple crosshatch pattern instead of a real feather structure. Very characteristic for this maker!

Hymmen badges have a special naive charm to them. You either love them or hate them. The design on their PAB is ridiculously bad. For connaisseurs!

[Paul Massucci]

Frank,
thanks for sharing the pics, like you said one of the rarer makers to come across. First time I can remember seeing really good pics of one. You wouldn't have a GWL laying around would you?

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Paul,

No, sorry, no GWL CCC here. But members Jacques C., Mike K and soldat45 have one with beautiful pictures.

Cheers, Frank

[Bruce Simcox]

Hi Paul.....

.....here's one that I saved to my files and copied from this site. The owner of this beauty is our own Mike K. I hope that he doesn't mind my posting it here for you.

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Bruce

Mike K's GWL Close Combat Clasp:

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Hi all,

Frank, you are a lucky dog. I really like this CCC, and it is one of the few variants I am still missing. Thanks for the great pics.

Skip

[Mike Kenny]

Hi Frank,

That's a nice example of a very uncommon clasp!! Nice one.

Interesting that the chunky flatwire catch is the same as on my unmarked late war PO badge. Another component shared around! I wonder what Yuri will do when he reads this??

Regards
Mike K

PS: No problems with my image being posted here guys.

[Calvin Hall]

Very rare bird.

This is the first time I have seen any clear photos of one. I have certainly have never seen one for sale before.

Thanks for sharing the photos.

Calvin

[Yuri D.]

Hey Mike, I'd like to see images of that late war P/O Badge

Y

[IVAN]

thanks for posting Frank.

for me has "charme" this ccc

I have L/53 IAB in silver and bronze grade and I like them!

Ivan