Hi,
I saw pictures of interesting PABs in Lacky’s thread http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=938716, similar pictures apperead also in local forums, FB and other discussions. Thatsway I would like to tell you little more about them:
I know that this find was made here in Gablonz about 1 year ago. It was a hoard of unfinished badges found in a house. Possibly a place where some home worker was assembling the pins to the badges as all the pieces are missing the pins. The end of war came and the worker possibly hide the unfinished pieces. Unfortunately there is no proven connection to the factory, manufacturer etc. also no paperwork was found there so everything is a speculation.
What is very interesting on them is the design. Check closely the grass pattern. You will see that this is not a grass pattern that you know from AS in triangle (AST) badges. Only 2 offical grass patterns are known on AS in triangle badges. This one presented on the unfinished pieces is totally new. I think that this was a new design of badges produced at the of war. It seems they never reached the final production step and the distribution. Other unique feature on this badges are the catches. You can see all of them are made from round wires. Not flattened as was usual by the other AS in triangle pieces. I think this was late war optimalization to save the production time, as the flattening of the catch (before forming it to his S form) was done as an extra production step. The ball hinge and the catch on this examples are made from steel (magnetic) material.
Does anybody have such badge in collection – in finished form???
Lets study this new grass pattern on 3 examples from my collection:
1. an unfinished planchet that I ground dug in 2006 near former Scholze company with other unfinished pieces from his production http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...nished+gablonz
2. piece from old collection that I got from local collector in Gablonz
3. sample from the hoard that we are discussing right now
Also see 2 common grass patterns that we know by standard AS in triangle PABs to compare.
More opinions welcome.
Best regards
Pavel
I saw pictures of interesting PABs in Lacky’s thread http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=938716, similar pictures apperead also in local forums, FB and other discussions. Thatsway I would like to tell you little more about them:
I know that this find was made here in Gablonz about 1 year ago. It was a hoard of unfinished badges found in a house. Possibly a place where some home worker was assembling the pins to the badges as all the pieces are missing the pins. The end of war came and the worker possibly hide the unfinished pieces. Unfortunately there is no proven connection to the factory, manufacturer etc. also no paperwork was found there so everything is a speculation.
What is very interesting on them is the design. Check closely the grass pattern. You will see that this is not a grass pattern that you know from AS in triangle (AST) badges. Only 2 offical grass patterns are known on AS in triangle badges. This one presented on the unfinished pieces is totally new. I think that this was a new design of badges produced at the of war. It seems they never reached the final production step and the distribution. Other unique feature on this badges are the catches. You can see all of them are made from round wires. Not flattened as was usual by the other AS in triangle pieces. I think this was late war optimalization to save the production time, as the flattening of the catch (before forming it to his S form) was done as an extra production step. The ball hinge and the catch on this examples are made from steel (magnetic) material.
Does anybody have such badge in collection – in finished form???
Lets study this new grass pattern on 3 examples from my collection:
1. an unfinished planchet that I ground dug in 2006 near former Scholze company with other unfinished pieces from his production http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...nished+gablonz
2. piece from old collection that I got from local collector in Gablonz
3. sample from the hoard that we are discussing right now
Also see 2 common grass patterns that we know by standard AS in triangle PABs to compare.
More opinions welcome.
Best regards
Pavel
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