Warning: session_start(): open(/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php74/sess_42d7c010ddf677f6c55187e62c15a8759245e7b102593fb2, O_RDWR) failed: No space left on device (28) in /home/devwehrmacht/public_html/forums/includes/vb5/frontend/controller/page.php on line 71 Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php74) in /home/devwehrmacht/public_html/forums/includes/vb5/frontend/controller/page.php on line 71 Lacquer Help Please - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
EdelweissAntique

Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Lacquer Help Please

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
    #1

    Lacquer Help Please

    Please forgive me if this is a dumb question.

    Was lacquer applied by certain manufacturers on certain badges?
    Was it common practice for recipients to apply lacquer war-time?

    The last time I collected KM badges was 40 years ago and I've decided to get back into them.

    I've recently seen 2 Schwerin U-Boot badges for sale described by the dealers as having "factory lacquer".

    I don't recall ever seeing any lacquered badges back then but those were pre-internet days.

    Thanks very kindly for sharing your knowledge with me.

    Roy
    Tags: None
    #2
    Any thoughts please?
    I thought it might be a dumb question but 42 views and no comment suggests this may be a bit of a puzzle.

    Comment

      #3
      Hi Roy

      I have a lacquered mint in box Juncker buntmetall coastal artillery bade, so yes




      Cheers Thomas

      Comment

        #4
        Thank you Thomas!

        Comment

          #5
          Although I'm not aware of any wartime published guidelines regarding the application of finish to awards, there is a very good record of official guidelines for the production of '57 awards published February 28, 1958 in the Bundesanzeiger Nr. 41. These Herstellungsvorschriften (manufacturing regulations) go through all the awards one by one with an exact description and were republished in their entirety (courtesy of Markus Bodeux) in Uwe Brückner's Ordensjournal, available on www.ordensmuseum.de. The last line of each description prescribes the application of a clear cellulose lacquer. As an example, here's the entry for...what else...the Minesweeper badge:

          "HERSTELLUNGSVORSCHRIFT Nr. 48 für das KRIEGSABZEICHEN für MINENSUCH-, U-BOOTS-JAGD- und SICHERUNGSVERBÄNDE
          Abmessungen: Höhe 51 mm
          Material: Messing Ms 85 2,5 mm
          Beschreibung: Das Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, U-Boots-Jagd- und Sicherungsverbände zeigt in einem ovalen goldenen Eichenkranz eine silberne Wassersäule.
          Fertigung: Das Kriegsabzeichen wird massiv geprägt, geschnitten und entgratet. Auf der Rückseite wird senkrecht eine Scharniernadel hart angelötet. Das Abzeichen wird gesandelt. Wassersäule und Wellen werden galvanisch versilbert und die Wellen dann schwarz oxydiert. Der Eichenkranz wird echt vergoldet und handpoliert. Abschließend wird das Abzeichen mit einem farblosen Zaponlack überzogen.          "

          "PRODUCTION SPECIFICATION Nr. 48 for the WAR BADGE for MINESWEEPING-, SUBMARINE HUNTING- and SECURITY UNITS.
          Dimensions: Height 51 mm
          Material: Brass Ms 85 [meaning 85% copper] 2.5 mm
          Description: The war badge for minesweepers, submarine-hunting and security units shows a silver water spout in an oval gold oak wreath.
          Manufacturing: The war badge is stamped solid, trimmed and deburred. On the back a hinge pin is firmly soldered perpendicularly. The badge is sanded. The water column and waves are galvanically silvered [i.e. electroplated] and the waves then oxidized black. The oak wreath is properly gilded and hand polished. Finally, the badge is coated with a clear cellulose lacquer."

          It may be reasonable to presume that this method, including the cellulose lacquer, was based upon the same or similar method used in wartime.

          Best regards,
          ---Norm

          Comment

            #6
            Thank you Norm, your vast knowledge continues to astound me!

            Comment

            Previous template Next

            Users Viewing this Thread

            Collapse

            There is currently 1 user online. 0 members and 1 guests.

            Most users ever online was 10,032 at 08:13 PM on 09-28-2024.

            Working...
            X