The Coburg Badge

[Jon Fish]

Richard has got his priorities right. He looks after the family , has those great family moments and gets a nice collection on the side, hats off to you my friend Fluffy rabbit, I'm not sure I like the tone of your posting but hope it's just the translation problems

[Matthew]

Richard has got his priorities right. He looks after the family , has those great family moments and gets a nice collection on the side, hats off to you my friend

Amen.

cheers

Matt

[Richard]

I read this before. Wondering how much vacation you are getting to make all those trips to good ol' Europe you are dreaming about.

Or maybe you can just do the trip and be done with it for a while. Once you have been there, maybe the urge vanishes and you can put your money where your heart really is.

We managed to go to Germany for two weeks this year in June and visit Neuschwanstein Castle as well as Hohenwerfen in Austria (the castle where they filmed "Where Eagles Dare"). They had a great bird of prey show there and the castle tour was extremely interesting as well. Spent time with my 93 year old uncle who was in the Luftwaffe Flak who escaped from British POW camp and always has some interesting stories about his experiences in the war.

The kids got to spend about a week with Grandma and got to try out her new riding mower which she bought to replace her 40 year old tractor. Cost of the vacation with memories which my kids will have for a lifetime........... less than what a Coburg badge appears to be bringing currently. I won't ever say I don't want a Coburg badge as I would love to be able to hold that piece of history in my hand anytime I feel like it but, in the long run, I have to choose what is most important in life once the price reaches levels at which my discretionary income forces me into decisions of one or the other. I think my focus will be more along the lines of Reichsparteitag items and Gau badges which, for the time being, are occasionally still within my budgetary reach. Didn't mean to hijack the thread with personal stuff but wanted to be sure der-hase-fee knows where my heart really is.
Richard V

[Bob Hritz]

I completely understand. I could have bought some wonderful pieces, lately, but my only daughter just got married and I wanted her wedding to be perfect. I had more pleasure, seeing her get married and having the wedding of her dreams, than I would have gotten with a new trinket that would be safely locked away.

Bob Hritz

[Bob Hritz]

Forgot the photos. Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.

Bob Hritz

[Military]

I guess at the end of the day it is all about having a balance and collecting within one's means. As they say, "carpe diem".

Collect what we enjoy for we may not that that chance. We don't really own the objects, just caretakers of history.

Mil

[Stan]

FS just sold another CB this time an RZM 189.

These badges have the same flaw as the other two 1st and 2nd Pattern so are fom the same maker. The catch also opens to the left.

IMO 189's aren't worth a premium and I don't know what the price was anyway as it has been removed.

Stan

[Thorsten B.]

Great family pictures and breathtaking wedding pictures!!!

Many thanks to Richard and Bob for sharing these - worth so much more than anything else!

[ErichS]

Like life in general, we must live within our means when collecting or it can get out of hand in a hurry. Like already said, family first everything else second.

I think that the CBs that you're seeing of late are coming from older collections and in some cases from the families of the recipients themselves. The 1st pattern sold by HH a few years ago went to Russia and my guess is many more will go to the east to never be seen again.

[der-hase-fee]

FS just sold another CB this time an RZM 189.

These badges have the same flaw as the other two 1st and 2nd Pattern so are fom the same maker. The catch also opens to the left.

IMO 189's aren't worth a premium and I don't know what the price was anyway as it has been removed.

Stan

Is that one in the restricted VIP section ? Anyone know what the asking price was ?

[Military]

IMHO, I think the RZM 189 variant would be second to most desirable being the first pattern largely due to the fact that it has been less seen than the RZM ones and the RZM with a 189 marking actually fulfils the standards of what we would expect from a badge when it had a larger production run - stamped with approval from the RZM office and the 189 numerals which i suspect would refer to the manufacturer's mark. Of course I don't have definitive proof but to each his own opinion.

So we have two variants of second patterns. A few just with RZM and only one posted (in this thread) with RZM189.

Mil

[chen]

IMHO, I think the RZM 189 variant would be second to most desirable being the first pattern largely due to the fact that it has been less seen than the RZM ones and the RZM with a 189 marking actually fulfils the standards of what we would expect from a badge when it had a larger production run - stamped with approval from the RZM office and the 189 numerals which i suspect would refer to the manufacturer's mark. Of course I don't have definitive proof but to each his own opinion.

So we have two variants of second patterns. A few just with RZM and only one posted (in this thread) with RZM189.

Mil

Mil,
First or Second pattern?

[Military]

No RZM? = First pattern with military style repaired catch?

Mil

[chen]

My record states it is 2nd pattern, perhaps the original source is already wrong.

[Military]

FS just sold another CB this time an RZM 189.

Stan

Hi Stan,

Were you also looking for a second pattern CB?

Mil