Maker bronze IAB

[haukemannen]

Can anyone please help me to ID this IAB?

[haukemannen]

Iab

2 more pics

[schwelch]

Hi,

it's an original zinc IAB made by Karl Wurster in very nice condition. You will find the maker mark "w" left to the hinge.

BR
Sven

[haukemannen]

How could I miss that?
Thank you Sven.

[Thomas Durante]

I can only agree with Sven, fine original Wurster.

Tom

[vonStubben]

Variant Wuerster given the catch and catch plate. These normally have a ? catch without a plate. The hinge block is also different on this example.

[Thomas Durante]

Variant Wuerster given the catch and catch plate. These normally have a ? catch without a plate. The hinge block is also different on this example.

That is because this one is zink, so it needed a bigger catch plate for soldering. The earlier, tombak-based examples have the "?" catch.

Tom

[kray]

Tom is correct on the catch. Very nice example!!!

[fischer]

Variant Wuerster given the catch and catch plate. These normally have a ? catch without a plate. The hinge block is also different on this example.

The solid zinc Wurster can be found with both hardware set ups;

The smaller block hinge with the "?" style catch directly soldered to the reverse and the larger formed base sheet metal hinge along with the "C" style catch with catch plate.

It does stand to reason that a larger surface was needed to attach the hardware to the reverse of the zinc badges but we do not know for certain.

Best Regards, fischer