Two, zinc Coastal Artillery Badges

[Tom Yanacek]

Hello to all,

I found two Coastal Artillery Badges this weekend at the OVMS Show in Wilmington. The first is one by Hermann Aurich and the second is by Förster & Barth. I thought they are pretty nice for zinc badges and neither one is considered common as far as I know.

Best regards,
Tom

Aurich:

[Tom Yanacek]

Aurich reverse:

[Tom Yanacek]

Förster & Barth:

[Tom Yanacek]

F&B reverse:

(note the arced striations to the reverse from surface grinding/de-burring)

[Peter J.]

Hi Tom,

I like that Aurich badge, it's easy to see why they are considered associated to LM's Minensucher i.e. the crimped catch is off centered to the left.

As for commom or not, I've actually seen at least three unmarked L/21 in the very same condition during the last two weeks. Is there any unheard of hoardfind out there

cheers
Peter

[JustinG]

Is that F&B badge purchased from the F&B horde recently?
They look Nice
Regards,
JustinG

[mrg]

Hi Tom very nice, love the F&B

[Steve P]

Hello to all,

I found two Coastal Artillery Badges this weekend at the OVMS Show in Wilmington. The first is one by Hermann Aurich and the second is by Förster & Barth. I thought they are pretty nice for zinc badges and neither one is considered common as far as I know.

Best regards,
Tom

Aurich:

Tom, not common at all IMHO...very nice pieces!

[JustinG]

Here's the link where I drew my reference.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ighlight=Horde

Regards,
JustinG

[Peter J.]

Thanks Justin, apparently there were both marked and unmarked F&B' CAB's in that horde.

cheers
Peter

[Tom Yanacek]

Thanks for the comments, guys!

I was not aware that a hoard of F&B Coastal Artillery Badges surfaced recently. (Thanks for the link, Justin.) Whether this one came from that hoard, I don't rightly know. The dealer that had this one had no others like it and this was the only F&B Coastal Artillery Badge that I saw at the Wilmington Show.

Best regards,
Tom

[JustinG]

It is a fine piece to be sure. I meant nothing to discredit or take away from the splendor of this badge.
A good example!

Regards,
JustinG