JFS Para badge

[Sebastien T]

It look like the JFS type A in Tom's book, look good to me as well.

[Pepe77]

This old thread might be usefull

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ad.php?t=69335

[Thomas Durante]

Looks OK to me, like Seb says its a Type A in the Para book. Too bad that the eagle has fallen off of it, that will reduce the vaule IMO.

Tom

[Pepe77]

Apparently I should complete my knowledge here

[fdodge]

...just let me say, that I am still kind of "surprised" that the JFS Para badge (in general) looks like this.

All the other JFS badges like the GAB, PAB etc look so great, so precise and detailed.....and then their Para ( especially the eagle) looks so...cheap. Kind of "disappointing", I would have expected a high end product from this maker.....

Kindest regards

Martin

I agree, but looking at the examples in the para bible, this is how they are, like and ugly stepchild.

[rkoy]

thx tom apprciate ur reply......any idea of numbers or known examples

[pinkepank]

i think it looks ugly because of the vasaline maybe pics of it without would make it look nice all the same a very rare para congrats

[rkoy]

yea the vasaline prob makes it look worse, but doesnt it help keep it from oxidizing?

[pinkepank]

might just be me but i was always told to smear vasaline over zinc badge (if it had white spots) for 24hrs then wipe off please correct if wrong (woodworks easier than metal)

[Nordmark]

Jfs pab & gab do not exist...so thats probably why they look so bad.

Chris had a very bad breakfast this morning...

[rkoy]

i was told it wud keep zinc from getting white spots thats why i keep it on there

[fdodge]

i was told it wud keep zinc from getting white spots thats why i keep it on there

The idea is to coat it with vaseline for a couple of days to maybe a week and then wipe it clean. No need to keep it gooped on there although it doesn't hurt anything. It just makes it look like crap. Of course Tom may say different. haha

I'd personally like to see it cleaned up and photographed with the eagle off just to see aspects of construction that we normally don't see.

[rkoy]

roger that ill take some of it cleaned up