Asmann PAB

[Gary B]

Just checking on this, Assmann PAB. I am aware the pin is replaced.

Gary B

[vacollector]

Sweet badge.

[Thomas Durante]

Hi Gary,

Looks very good to me. The silver finish is nicely intact for a zinker, and nicely worn condition. The pin is replaced as you know, but catch is textbook Assmann. Nice example.

Tom

[MP41]

Gary,

I once had an Assmann PAB exactly like yours. Mine was in same condition, maybe a little greyer on the reverse, but had the original pin still. I sold it years ago. Now, looking at yours I'm really regretting selling mine..

Good find

Matt

[Eddie]

Very nice looking example

[Gary B]

Hi Gary,

Looks very good to me. The silver finish is nicely intact for a zinker, and nicely worn condition. The pin is replaced as you know, but catch is textbook Assmann. Nice example.

Tom

Thanks to all for the comments.

Tom, you think this is zinc?

Gary B

[Thomas Durante]

Yes, judging by the grey areas peeping through the finish on the obverse, in particular the tank barrel and treads. Why, does it look different in hand?

Tom

[Christopher G.]

Nice looking Assmann...I have always been fond of this design but they are usually never in this nice of condition.

Regards,
Chris G.

[ryuuk]

IMHO, it's cupal badge.

No fiinish grey cupal badge, for example.



Cupal badge with finish, for example.

[Gary B]

Yes, judging by the grey areas peeping through the finish on the obverse, in particular the tank barrel and treads. Why, does it look different in hand?

Tom

Hi Tom,

Look at the attachment of the hinge and pin. There are no plates, both hinge and catch are attached directly to the badge. I had assumed the silver showing through might indicate a Cupal badge (as as been stated by ryuuk).

The finish on my badge is identical (color wise) to the one shown by ryuuk and not a silver as my photos show.

Gary

[Heydrich]

Hi guys!

I also think that it has good chanses to be cupal. The silvering is more corresponding for early cupal version, and looks like I can see some brown color on the track highlights.

Anyway, it's a super badge! Great design and perfomance

[Thomas Durante]

Look at the attachment of the hinge and pin. There are no plates, both hinge and catch are attached directly to the badge.

Hi Gary,

Assmann didn't use hinge and catch plates on their zink PABs. They are one of the rare makers that didn't use plates on their hardware, at least on their early, hollow PABs. So we can't use that as a judge unfortunately.

Can you post a scan of the obverse, rather than a photo? Scans tend to bring out the true colors of the badge. If it were Cupal, I would expect the base metal showing through to be reddish/brown and not silver like we see here. Especially on the tank barrel, I clearly see grey. If it were cupal, then we should be seeing reddish/brown from the copper layer IMO.

Tom

[Gary B]

Best I can get...

Gary B

[Giel VW]

For me this is a cupal badge. Nice piece anyway

About the pin, thinking about the Assmann steel GAB's, they have that very similar loose looking pin sometimes. Would like to see that pin in hand!

[Christopher G.]

I see Cupal as well...makes it much more desirable now.

Regards,
Chris G.