Items from the BAM Show today

[Chet Sowersby]

Gentlemen,
I have returned from the Bay Area Militaria Show (BAM) with these goodies. I hope you like them as much as I do. First up is a very nice bronze WH. A good one in a sea of fakes.

[Chet Sowersby]

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[Chet Sowersby]

Here is the F&B buntmetal (silver) IAB

[Chet Sowersby]

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[Chet Sowersby]

Gwl

[Chet Sowersby]

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[Heer Flak]

Nice Badges Dad! I see that the show was a succes.

[Indy]

Good for you Chet

It is my first time to see a good finishing of a broze GWL IAB. Where is BAM? in California? which city? I may visit some places in CA in this summer break. The funny thing is you got a good WH IAB in a sea of fakes

Indy

[Yuri D.]

Is the W.H. badge a good one? I thought the hinge plate is supposed to be raised on these. And the cross-bar on the "H" is supposed to be below center, and not above center as it is on this one.

Yuri

Good for you Chet

It is my first time to see a good finishing of a broze GWL IAB. Where is BAM? in California? which city? I may visit some places in CA in this summer break. The funny thing is you got a good WH IAB in a sea of fakes

Indy

[Yuri D.]

I also thing that the "F&B buntmetal (silver) IAB" is strangely colored. The crimps to the hinge and catch are not "pillow-shaped" enough. This has ALWAYS been a zinc badge, not "buntmetall" and that's why the crimps are of this nature.

Yuri

[Yuri D.]

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[Indy]

Hi Yuri

I see what you mean....the MM is a bit different from yours, but Chet's WH IAB looks the same as Tucker's example.

regards

Indy

[Yuri D.]

Indy,

Tucker's first or second book?

Yuri

Hi Yuri

I see what you mean....the MM is a bit different from yours, but Chet's WH IAB looks the same as Tucker's example.

regards

Indy

[Indy]

Hi Yuri

First "big" Book page26

regards

Indy

[Yuri D.]

Please refer to this thread:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=iab+wh

Yuri