Bronze IAB. Well......

[dragnet]

........its a bit of oneJust couldnt leave it at my local flee market, interesting plate to the rear of the pin and im sure someone will even be able to tell the makerOh and its bronze
p.s. Pin is complete.

[AndyC]

Never seen that version before




Andy

[Chet Sowersby]

Honestly, I don't think that I could have left it there either.

Chet

[Tom Yanacek]

The badge once belonged to this Oberleutnant at Stalingrad. Here we see a picture of him from earlier in the fight, when only half of the wreath is missing. By the time the battle was over, all he had left was the giant Wehrmacht eagle stickpin as seen at the start of this thread.

Best regards,
Tom

[Graeme]

Great little find.

Just the eagle and swas look great.

Wonder what happened to the rest of it, maybe was once part of a similar badge shown by Tom and eventually broke into more pieces.

Wonderful pic Tom

The IAB looks to be a hollow known as the "egghead" with a textbook hinge assebly for this type.

Here is one from my collection to compare.

best regards
Graeme

[dragnet]

Thanks for the comments guys, had to buy it and of course had to post here, Tom thanks for the picture and Graeme i knew someone would identify this one