Help pls on the tank battle badge. I found it 2 weeks ago in Russia between Orel and Kaluga.
I has found it in wood in an entrenchment. Maybe it's not tank, and support staff. Although the forest road was at a distance of 100 meters, it may be tankman from destroyed tanks. I dug up this badge personally -Therefore it is exact not a fake. I will not sell it-Just I want to ascertain its history and its manufacturer. What can be seen immediately-Typ Daisy, tombak ,stamping. Silver or bronze can not understand-I'm not very versed. Rather it is bronze. I just cleaned the badge by ultrasound.
Then, with a magnifying glass, I saw brand. After the microscope has two brands. All stand from the inside on guards of caterpillars.The first brand is visible is much better. Oval lying on one side. In an oval there are 2 or 3 letters. The first letter of 90 % is - P. To me here, in Russia have prompted - probably it are Paul Meybauer or Paul Küst. But as their brands I look- I do not know. Can somebody will prompt where it is possible to look at brands of all manufacturers of badges?
The second brands is clearly visible-circle above the oval, and it is Sieg rune. It is clear, the first thought.
But experts in badges in Russia have told to me ,that brands SS are on a badge can't. Maybe it is just a figure. The third brand is a triangle - is in other guard. But it is very badly visible.
2 Most unusual details
1) Put forward sideways top truck caterpillar of the tank . This is not a production defect. This is how it should be. The edging is put forward for the entire caterpillar tracks.
2)Excess metal in the crook of the left wing of the eagle.In the crook of the right wing of the excess metal is not present.
If anyone has any thoughts - write pls . All is very interesting.
For the English bring apologies- you know, not native.
I has found it in wood in an entrenchment. Maybe it's not tank, and support staff. Although the forest road was at a distance of 100 meters, it may be tankman from destroyed tanks. I dug up this badge personally -Therefore it is exact not a fake. I will not sell it-Just I want to ascertain its history and its manufacturer. What can be seen immediately-Typ Daisy, tombak ,stamping. Silver or bronze can not understand-I'm not very versed. Rather it is bronze. I just cleaned the badge by ultrasound.
Then, with a magnifying glass, I saw brand. After the microscope has two brands. All stand from the inside on guards of caterpillars.The first brand is visible is much better. Oval lying on one side. In an oval there are 2 or 3 letters. The first letter of 90 % is - P. To me here, in Russia have prompted - probably it are Paul Meybauer or Paul Küst. But as their brands I look- I do not know. Can somebody will prompt where it is possible to look at brands of all manufacturers of badges?
The second brands is clearly visible-circle above the oval, and it is Sieg rune. It is clear, the first thought.
But experts in badges in Russia have told to me ,that brands SS are on a badge can't. Maybe it is just a figure. The third brand is a triangle - is in other guard. But it is very badly visible.
2 Most unusual details
1) Put forward sideways top truck caterpillar of the tank . This is not a production defect. This is how it should be. The edging is put forward for the entire caterpillar tracks.
2)Excess metal in the crook of the left wing of the eagle.In the crook of the right wing of the excess metal is not present.
If anyone has any thoughts - write pls . All is very interesting.
For the English bring apologies- you know, not native.
. I am not sure about the initials you are seeing in the tank reverse, I don't see them at all. But perhaps it is some corrosion from being in the ground for so long? Or perhaps it was the original recipients initials scratched in? No other Deumers have these initials that I am aware, so I don't think it was created when the badge was manufactured.
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