Morning CCC

[münster]

Hi
just picked this one up.Used Toms book for the 1st time,. I like it, any other opinions?

best
Dion

[Thomas Durante]

Hi Dion,

Excellent example! You rarely seen F&BLs with that much Silver finish left, very nice.

Tom

[münster]

Was 500 am to get that that one Tom, KG would kill me to get his hands on that one

[Robin Lumsden]

Nice find Dion.

In my opinion, that maker is the best of all the CCC makers.............finest detailing of them all.

[münster]

i was looking in Toms book at the fork tailed rosettas i call them on all 4 corner s, very detailed and nice. Iam lukewarm with CCCs but I like Fb&L and jfs. Mine doesnt have the flaw on the sun rays though.

[Robin Lumsden]

I have an unmarked F&BL that is identical to yours in every way. It's zinc, with a brass pin arrangement.

It was a gold CCC (99% of the finish gone).

I got it in an antique jewellery shop on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh about 1971 for £3 ($6 USD).

The guy in the shop had the CCC, an Infantry Assault, a U-Boat Badge and something else..............all original and all '£3 each' !! He had no idea what they were.

As a young lad, the CCC was all I could afford at the time, but I think I picked the best of the 4 badges he had.

Here it is..........................

[Sjking]

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£3 each , he definetly didnt realise what he had ... nice CCC by the way
Cheers
S

[münster]

Robin, just by chance, can I see that transport clasp? does it have a smal l circle on the reverse?

3 pounds, if only we had a time machine, actually would be smarter to go further back and buy them in RM

[münster]

robin, does the obverse of that trans clasp look like this

[Thomas Durante]

In my opinion, that maker is the best of all the CCC makers.............finest detailing of them all.

I beg to differ Robin, S&L's are by far the best design of the CCCs IMO. Just check out this eagle, unbeatable

[HORYIOSHI]

i agree with thomas.
the details from the S&L are very nice.

grüsse oli

[münster]

no jfs fans, i think the bronze chocolate brown finish is superior, when it comes to finishes

[Thomas Durante]

Dion, by that rationale, all AGMuK's fall in the same category of extaordinary finish. Very similar in design to JFS as well and JFS clasps are very common. I think if you look at S&L finishes, they are very good, but a little less quality than JFS. But design and detail wise, S&L's beat everyone hands down on the realism of the eagle and quality of the die strike IMO.

Tom

[münster]

Dion, by that rationale, all AGMuK's fall in the same category of extaordinary finish. Very similar in design to JFS as well and JFS clasps are very common. I think if you look at S&L finishes, they are very good, but a little less quality than JFS. But design and detail wise, S&L's beat everyone hands down on the realism of the eagle and quality of the die strike IMO.

Tom

did you ever see frank h´s gold ccc? I forget the maker. now thats a well made ccc. Ive only seen 2 inhand unfortunately.

[Thomas Durante]

Hi Dion,

Frank's Gold Presentation 2nd pattern gold CCC? Yes, I have seen it, very nice piece. Construction wise though, these presentation CCCs aren't the best pieces either IMO. Quality of construction would have to go to AGMuK or JFS for their crimping, hardware and finish IMO. The Gold Presentation CCCs were made by Juncker, and we all know that the quality of Juncker badges was not the best when it comes to the CCC. Even some of their Luftwaffe badges are of poor quality, really goes against the grain of everyone thinking that Juncker was the premium quality badge maker of the 3rd Reich. Old myths are hard to break and Juncker still holds a special place in most collectors hearts.

All of this is up to the individual collector's opinion ofcourse.

Tom