This is a worn Observer Badge I picked up around 1970 for $30.00. It has a broken catch but otherwise looked good to me. The eagle is a little loose. It has the Assman MM. I would like opinions on the authenticity, date of manufacture, and material it is constructed. If real, I am guessing it is early war. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope Santa brings you a J1.
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This is a reply to myself - I was looking through similar threads and saw a post that said A did not make the Observer badge - did I just answer my own question?Comment
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Hi,
it looks to me like good, original late war zinc Assman Observer. If i'm wrong, i'm sure someone will correct me fast.
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Thanks Robert - I found another thread wity a beautiful early Assman. Is it a general trueism that the catch mechanism shown on this badge is common with later pieces? What I mean is that there is a seperate plate applied to the wreath that the catch is attached to. When does this start showing up?Comment
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Actually the catch plate (and hinge plate sometimes as well) where used mainly on the zinc badges to help the workers with soldering job. Zinc isn’t really friendly material for this as buntmetal is. So as you can see with early badges (mainly made of buntmetal) really there was no need for plates, because it was much easier to mount them to the wreath or badge main base.Originally posted by rfleming32
Example: BM Daisy PAB with no plates...Last edited by robert60446; 04-07-2007, 06:27 AM.Comment
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As Robert said, it is a good zinc Assmann badge with a variant hinge. The badge is probably from 1943 or 44.Cheers, Frank
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