Hi Guys,
Some of you probably will remember this thread I once started in search of the ALU PAB:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=alu+PAB
Well this week I finally managed to add such a PAB to my collection, and I can state for sure that it isn't made out of aluminium, with its 22 grams it's just much to heavy. It also isn't a cupal construction.
However this isn't your normal zinc PAB either and judging by the scratch marks on the reverse it looks like a previous owner also wondered about what this badge could be made of. His research technique wasn't very subtile to say the least
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I have to admit that I also don't have a clue towards the base material. The badge feels extremely smooth when rubbing your fingers over it without the slightest amount of texture in the material. Judging by the wear pattern on the eagles head it also obvious that the material itself is much softer than normal zinc. Taken it to account how few of these badges seem to exist this alloy mixture maybe wasn't very suitable for badge production and fairly quick was replaced by something else.
By now you probably all noticed that this badge features the so called Zimmermann design (as Frank pointed out possibly also a Juncker or Juncker project badge)
Well for the first time I'm not really able to put a so called Zimmermann in my evolution theory. This PAB doesn't feature the typical sc. Zimmermann die flaw on the reverse just under the gun which would lead me to believe that it must have been produced quite early. However the set-up is no where near to early hardware used on these badges. But than again the very late so-caled Zimermann's don't show the die flaw either. So since it's difficult to fit in somewhere this badge might well be more fuel for the Juncker Project theory.
This is only the fourth PAB made out of this material I have ever seen and it's worth mentioning that all of them were Bronze grades.
And one last thing, are any of you familiar with a material called "DURAL" or "DURALUMIN".
KR
Philippe
Some of you probably will remember this thread I once started in search of the ALU PAB:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=alu+PAB
Well this week I finally managed to add such a PAB to my collection, and I can state for sure that it isn't made out of aluminium, with its 22 grams it's just much to heavy. It also isn't a cupal construction.
However this isn't your normal zinc PAB either and judging by the scratch marks on the reverse it looks like a previous owner also wondered about what this badge could be made of. His research technique wasn't very subtile to say the least
.I have to admit that I also don't have a clue towards the base material. The badge feels extremely smooth when rubbing your fingers over it without the slightest amount of texture in the material. Judging by the wear pattern on the eagles head it also obvious that the material itself is much softer than normal zinc. Taken it to account how few of these badges seem to exist this alloy mixture maybe wasn't very suitable for badge production and fairly quick was replaced by something else.
By now you probably all noticed that this badge features the so called Zimmermann design (as Frank pointed out possibly also a Juncker or Juncker project badge)
Well for the first time I'm not really able to put a so called Zimmermann in my evolution theory. This PAB doesn't feature the typical sc. Zimmermann die flaw on the reverse just under the gun which would lead me to believe that it must have been produced quite early. However the set-up is no where near to early hardware used on these badges. But than again the very late so-caled Zimermann's don't show the die flaw either. So since it's difficult to fit in somewhere this badge might well be more fuel for the Juncker Project theory.
This is only the fourth PAB made out of this material I have ever seen and it's worth mentioning that all of them were Bronze grades.
And one last thing, are any of you familiar with a material called "DURAL" or "DURALUMIN".
KR
Philippe
) than normal Aluminium which rips apart very easily.With so few of these PAB's around..could they possibly be some kind of protype that just never caught on?
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