back plates on ccc

[chris clark]

i read with interest that on the junckers ccc the back plate is not magnectic.my jfs ccc one is magnectic.i only have pic of the front of my ccc but will get one of rear soon. apart from junkers were the other makes magnectic?? or varients differ..your thoughts and knowledge sought

[Philippe DB]

Hi Chris,

I only can be of assistance in relation to my CCC's from JFS, AGMuK and FLL, they all have magnetic backplates.

KR
Philippe

[Frank Heukemes]

The only CCCs in my collection that are non-magnetic are indeed a Juncker and a L/53.

Cheers, Frank

[Thomas Durante]

In all my research up to this point, only Juncker had a non-magnetic backplate. All other I have/had are magnetic (FLL, Gablonz, JFS, RS, GWL). Apparently L/53 are not magnetic as well, but have never read that anywhere.

Tom D.

[Mike C]

Hello all,

My bronze juncker is non-magnetic.

Mike

[James Noble]

Well I just checked and the backplate on my Silver JFS is magnetic but my Bronze FLL is non-magnetic. Not sure if this means anything in regards to this and no telling when they were manufactured but the silver ccc was awarded in 44, and the bronze was awarded in 43, both are zinc basemetal.

[chris clark]

firstly thankyou for replies to date.it appears that now we have a FLL bronze non magnectic plate which makes this thread become more interesting as to try and establish any others.keep checking your ccc's guys and your results.many thanks in advance again.

[Thomas Durante]

It is commonly accepted that CCC makers used different hinges, catches and pins called "findings", basically using whatever worked to save on materials and cost. It this is true, than backplate material too could vary. I would expect that most backplates would be magnetic as steel would be cheaper than brass or some other non-magnetic backplate material. James, is the FLL with the non-magnetic backplate the earlier version (sunken in hinge crimping and round wire catch) as opposed to the FLLs most commonly run into with the flat wire catch and sloppy soldering job? If it is, this would make sense to me as using more quality parts earlier in the war. I have always suspected that what I call "earlier" FLLs were the ones with the sunken hinge. I say this because comparing the details on the obverse, the one with the sunken hinge is much more detailed. A non-magnetic backplate on this version would support this opinion.

Tom D.