Iab

[airborne1942]

Does anyone know anything abought the nickel silver IAB? like pictures or information. thanks in advance Brian

[Thomas Durante]

Hi Brian,

Not many IABs were made of Nickel Silver, they are quite scarce. The most common to be encountered are those by Juncker, here is one of mine. The few other purely Nickel Silver IABs that I know of are Weidmann and possibly FLL and Assmann; all other makers used brass and/or zinc.

Tom

[airborne1942]

Iab

Do you have a picture of the back? how can you tell who the maker is? are they marked? what are the early nickel silver IAB worth$ do you know the time frame these were issued? thanks Brian

[Thomas Durante]

Do you have a picture of the back?

Here you go Brian.

how can you tell who the maker is?

A very good question Some would say magic. The rest of us call it "forensics".

what are the early nickel silver IAB worth$

Varies. Go check out the estand or various dealer sites for an idea.

do you know the time frame these were issued?

Earliest IABs awarded. Starting in mid-1940 and most likely didn't even make it into 1941 IMO, judging by the fact that only 2 or 3 makers made IABs from Nickel Silver out of dozens of known makers. By most accounts, production switched to zinc in mid-1941 and why IABs made from NS are quite scarce. With that said, Juncker NS IABs are actually pretty common to find, but that is probably due to Juncker being the first and main supplier of these for the first year of the war.

Tom

[scott3000]

Nice Basdge Tom

[Blued]

Hi Brian,

Not many IABs were made of Nickel Silver, they are quite scarce. The most common to be encountered are those by Juncker, here is one of mine. The few other purely Nickel Silver IABs that I know of are Weidmann and possibly FLL and Assmann; all other makers used brass and/or zinc.

Tom

Don't forget the steel Shuco

[schwelch]

Hi Brian,

please find attached the the two other NS IABs in Wiedmann and FLL design.
@Tom: Do you have a link or a picture of an Assmann NS IAB? I've never seen one before.

Best regards
Sven

1) Wiedmann design NS IAB

[schwelch]

2) FLL design NS IAB

[Graeme]

Do you have a picture of the back? how can you tell who the maker is? are they marked? what are the early nickel silver IAB worth$ do you know the time frame these were issued? thanks Brian

Hi Brian

If you use the search function with a few key words you will find a wealth of examples and info

You can't always tell who the maker is, and quite often there is not the final definite proof, but a lot of pointers to a particular maker.

best regards
Graeme

[Thomas Durante]

@Tom: Do you have a link or a picture of an Assmann NS IAB? I've never seen one before.

Here you go Sven. I have this one on file as being NS. It looks like NS, although I haven't any more pics of it. Alledgedly its non-magnetic so it can't be a Steel example.

Could be a zinker though. Notice the marks on the swastika. Doesn't really look like normal zinc bubbling, but could be. Could also be debris in the die that caused this, no sure without looking at it in hand.

Tom

[schwelch]

Hi Tom,

thanks for the pictures! It's really hard to say if its a NS or zinc badge. If I have a look on the observe I tend to think that it is a heavily polished zinc badge, but I'm not sure. The discolouration of the reverese reminds me on a hollow Egghead IAB I had in my collection some time ago.

BR
Sven

[Thomas Durante]

Hi Sven,

Could very well be zinc. Thanks for the comparison to your Egghead, I completely agree that they look very similar.

Tom

[airborne1942]

Iab

Here are some pictures of my NS IAB, it came with a tag that said Juncker NS