P/O badge Juncker

[Tim B.]

What ever happened to Tim? He offered me a nice J2 P/O, but I had my eyes on another.

Thanks Rich!

[George L]

He got out of collecting from what he told me in an email.

[Pierre]

He got out of collecting from what he told me in an email.

Too bad. He has (or had) an incredible quantity of very rare and high quality badges.

Pierre

[Tim Calvert]

What ever happened to Tim? He offered me a nice J2 P/O, but I had my eyes on another.

Which one did you end up getting Tim-bo?

[andrewb]

Another superb piece Stan to your already incredible collection.


Regards,
AB.

[Mark S.]

Hi Stan,



I tend to think the early P/Os and Ps used silver birds and tombak (maybe silver) wreaths. Later, of course, all tombak.

Mark

...silver as in sterling silver? It would make sense, sterling was in wide use on military decorations all over the world. Germany shouldn't have been an exception. The only thing is, if they did, why no sterling silver mark?

[Rich G]

...silver as in sterling silver? It would make sense, sterling was in wide use on military decorations all over the world. Germany shouldn't have been an exception. The only thing is, if they did, why no sterling silver mark?

Well, they certainly were an exception in the TR era...

During the TR period '800', '835', '900' and '935' grade silver are encountered. Sterling silver is 925 grade.

Many early luftwaffe awards used 'German Silver' which had no silver at all ( I believe it was nickel based and called 'neubsilber') but was a consistent colour throughout. So unlike plated tombac, no matter how worn, it always looked silver.

Imperial items can be found in 925 silver.