Wide Pin Juncker GAB for review

[ERIC LIN]

Hi All

I got this LW GAB today

A nice wide pin example

but I have a only question about the tombak eagle attachment, one rivet attached.
Please see below pic with RED Arrows
Is the soldering work looks good to you?
a post war repair???








hope there is nothing I should worry about.
thanks

[Nordmark]

Looks like the eagle was resoldered. Impossible to tell, when this was done.


Daniel

[ERIC LIN]

Thanks to the quick response, but any Juncker example could compare?

[Bob Hritz]

Here is my supposed Juncker.

Bob Hritz

[Atomic]

You can often find Juncker attributed Erdkampfabzeichen with out the eagle. It was a weak point in the production, that the eagle was fixed often a bit sloppy.

On your badge i think the eagle was a bit sloppy and had become a bit additional solder.

It is a nice and rare badge that you have found. I like it very much and the additional solder it is not a big red flag imo.

KR
Joe

[ERIC LIN]

Thanks Joe

nice explanation

cheers

[Atomic]

Hi Eric,

have this pics from an good collecting friend, so i think he have nothing against when i post the pics. We spoke a few months ago about this Juncker "Erdkampfabzeichen". There is often a big gap between the eagle and the badge to find, the fitting was often very sloppy.

In Sascha Webers "Erdkampfabzeichen" book, is a good pic, where you can see this too very good.

Regards
Joe

[ERIC LIN]

Hi Joe

thanks for the great pics.
but, was that additional work from the soldier itself?
or the factory original work?


thanks

[Atomic]

I don`t know, when the additional soldering was made. Soldering work looks similar to your badge.

[17thairborne]

From an construction standpoint, it would seem that a single rivet would be prone to movement, and the solder was added to make the attachment more secure (done at factory would be my Guess)

[J Temple-West]

Another wide pin Juncker....

[J Temple-West]

It would seem that the eagles, on these LGAB's, were indeed very fragile...

Damage could happen anywhere....even at a wedding!

[Thomas Durante]

From an construction standpoint, it would seem that a single rivet would be prone to movement, and the solder was added to make the attachment more secure (done at factory would be my Guess)

Yes, I would tend to agree. If the eagle wasn't rivetted just right and tight onto the badge, I could see it moving around and JT's pictures show this quite well, thanks for posting these John.

The soldering looks pretty consistent between these two examples and I think that lends some credibility to this being added at the factory by Juncker.

Tom