Odd Warbadges in wear

[Marc Garlasco]

I was leafing through my copy of "Das Kreuz" which has photos of RKT and their badges in wear. Three of them puzzle me and I showcase them here for discussion:

1) First up - the mirror-mirror problem. First the photo as shown in the book:



Is it me or are the Para badge and Observer Badge facing the wrong way? Wouldn't that be difficult to do? So I checked to see if they just flipped the image, but no because then everything is on the wrong side:



2) What kind of PAB is this???






3) Lastly, check out the GAB. What maker is it with such an anorexic GAB? Or did he do a cutout like on some PABs?





Any thoughts?
Marc

[Marc Garlasco]

Also note the guy on top - in the first screwy picture his EK2 ribbon is in the right place on the bar...so it isn't a mirror-image problem.

Marc

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Marc,

My explanations:

1) Just plain crazy, but somebody will have an explanation. I am sure that guy wore his badges the usual way.

2) This guy has taken a Schützenschnur Panrer Badge and wore it as a regular one.

3) That is indeed a REGULARLY produced GAB, the only one with cut out wings. These are hollow, nice to see one in wear!

[Frank Heukemes]

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[Jody]

War Badges

Hello,
Could it be that in the photos (#1 and #2) was re-touched after the war and the badges were added? I have seen this done a lot in some photographs. Just a thought.
Regards,
Jody

[Philippe DB]

Hi Mark,


Great pics, I especialy like the schützenschnur device being worn as a PAB

Well some guys thought cuting out the grass area of you PAB was against regulations. I guess this guy ruined his original PAB by trying to preform a cut-out just before this photo shoot, and probably thought this was a good idea to still look cool on the picture for his mother in law

This is what he's wearing, you have to admit that it looks like a cool cut-out grass PAB on that little pic doesn't it

KR
Philippe

[skip]

Nice to see such unusual pics.
The first guy probably had so many awards he just arranged them as asthetically as he could. Thats a hell of a chestfull.

Love the shooting lanyard device as a PAB. Cool!
Also nice to see one of the cutout GABs in wear. Frank has THE example of course.

Skip

[Peter J.]

Hi Jody.

You present the only plausible explaination, hence the difficulty in attaching them with the reverse facing "obverse" . I believe all three decorations at the bottom are re-touched, check the head of the GAB.

KR
Peter

Hello,
Could it be that in the photos (#1 and #2) was re-touched after the war and the badges were added? I have seen this done a lot in some photogrpahs. Just a thought.
Regards,
Jody

[Marc Garlasco]

Frank - you will get my doctor bill for occular damage from the glare on that GAB! OK - nice call on the PAB. yes Phillipe - it is cool, and maybe they could have just taken that one instead. I think I like it better than the PAB! But Photo #1 is like the TWILIGHT ZONE!
Marc

[Scott C.]

Check out the loop on the first guy's RK -- another oddity to add to this already odd picture!

[Frank Heukemes]

I absolutely do not think the badges are retouched and painted onto the picture. EVERYTHING is reversed on that picture, right down to the TINY eagle on the ribbon bar.

[Andy B.]

Ref. pic. #1

Maybe the guy is left handed, and didn't want the badges getting in his way

Andy B. collecting mini badge stickpins

[J Temple-West]

And, with a little magic... his awards are correct ..

[Marc Garlasco]

No they aren't - now the ribbon bar is reversed - isn't it?

[Gene]

So is the breast eagle. It's correctly placed but flying the wrong way!