Tom - I don't have Tucker's book or images of an 'MH' marked flight clasp, unfortunately.
One thing that is interesting to me (and I think other KM collectors) is the possible time frame for continued production of the first pattern S-Boat, which really is unknown. Of the makers of the first pattern, only Schwerin and Mayer went on to make a 2nd pattern (although it is speculated that F&B may have). With the exception of Schwerin, the other makers always used zinc, leading to conjecture that they only became producers sometime in 1942, perhaps only months before the introduction of the second pattern in the first month of 1943. I suppose the real question has to be how much production of the first pattern was done after January, 1943. All the first patterns are rare, IMO, and even second patterns are not abundant. If Hausch was a supplier only to the PKZ (for award purposes) and not certified for private sale (it had a PKZ number but not an LDO number) aren't we looking at an extremely short possible period for Hausch production of the first pattern?
One thing that is interesting to me (and I think other KM collectors) is the possible time frame for continued production of the first pattern S-Boat, which really is unknown. Of the makers of the first pattern, only Schwerin and Mayer went on to make a 2nd pattern (although it is speculated that F&B may have). With the exception of Schwerin, the other makers always used zinc, leading to conjecture that they only became producers sometime in 1942, perhaps only months before the introduction of the second pattern in the first month of 1943. I suppose the real question has to be how much production of the first pattern was done after January, 1943. All the first patterns are rare, IMO, and even second patterns are not abundant. If Hausch was a supplier only to the PKZ (for award purposes) and not certified for private sale (it had a PKZ number but not an LDO number) aren't we looking at an extremely short possible period for Hausch production of the first pattern?
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