Prize Desk Eagle

[Hakan81]

Hi Gents !
I just got hold of this desk eagle direct from a lady in Munich last night, and the pics is taken by
herself The wingspan is 27cm, and it's made of bronze or some other metall but
It's metall anyway. The marble base is 16,5 x 6,6 x 5,5 cm.
I asume this is not a political prize of some sort but probably a sportsprize or similar.
The place Gr******246;benzell is located 16km west of Munich, I think this is a nice period piece
No matter what the price is for but I Just wanted some feedback and thoughts on this piece from
Our forum members !
Thanks for looking, H******229;kan

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[Hakan81]

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[Hakan81]

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[panzerguy]

tough one

Hard to say, beyond it being for a "2nd place winner" of something at the place and time! But certainly not for a "hot dog eating" contest!

[Hakan81]

Probably not Panzerguy, haaaaaa !!!
Any one else seen this bird before ?
/Håkan

[Vid]

The style is somewhat typical and many of these made from the 1920's on with various little differences. Many have Luftwaffe dedications and some have no dedication. I have one here thats a little different in bronze. Some of the early ones have bone beaks or taxidermy style eyes.

Nice birds.

[JoeW]

This is an interesting piece. Gröbenzell did not exist in 1939 as a town, city or county. It is not listed in the Bavarian Yearbook of 1940. It was for the most part, an area of peat cutters. No mountains for alpine sporting events. Not much development. Who or what put on a contest here in 1939?

[Vid]

This is an interesting piece. Gröbenzell did not exist in 1939 as a town, city or county. It is not listed in the Bavarian Yearbook of 1940. It was for the most part, an area of peat cutters. No mountains for alpine sporting events. Not much development. Who or what put on a contest here in 1939?

Who knows, the way they handed out awards for things it could be for sheep humping. Plaque looks like its been on there forever and properly mounted so it looks o.k.

Kris

[Hakan81]

Thanks for the inputs here mates, much appriciated !!!!!!
IMO this is an period made or erlier bird, it looks like the plaque have been there for ever
And if not, why put a name on it that did not exist 1939 ?
Sound stupid to me but stranger things has happened :-)
I have no doubts that this piece is period right trough but that is only my opinion
And i dont know it all.
Once again thanks for the coments and thoughts so far regarding this bird !
Here is a little information from wikipedia regarding Gröbenzell:

The name Gröbenzell was first documented in 1725. It refers to a toll ("Zoll") station that was built next to the creek Gröbenbach to supervise the construction of a street between Lochhausen and Olching. Thus the customs barrier and the creek can still be seen in the coat of arms.[2] When the railway from Munich to Augsburg was built in 1840, peat cutters settled in the region. Gröbenzell predominantly remained a settlement for peat cutters until World War II. After the war Gröbenzell grew fast, since a lot of refugees moved to Munich and its suburbs. In 1952 the town Gröbenzell was officially founded by merging several districts of Munich, Puchheim, Olching and Geiselbullach to one community.

Thanks for looking, Håkan

[Hakan81]

BTW Kris, your bird is faboulus mate !!!
/ Håkan

[JoeW]

I think it is a great piece, well made. Geesh! I was just commenting on the enigma that is the award plaque. I read the Wiki article. I also read my Bayerische Jarhbuch 1940. Quite an elaborate presentation from a "settlement of peat cutters".

[Vid]

BTW Kris, your bird is faboulus mate !!!
/ Håkan

Thank you, I like the birds a lot. Looks like a nice piece you got and guess its a white metal and have seen ones like it and fits the period of the dedication.

Best,

Kris

[Vid]

I think it is a great piece, well made. Geesh! I was just commenting on the enigma that is the award plaque. I read the Wiki article. I also read my Bayerische Jarhbuch 1940. Quite an elaborate presentation from a "settlement of peat cutters".

Joe,

I did not mean anything with my comment other than the sheer amount of awards given in various quality for everything under the sun. ;O)

Kris

[Hakan81]

We all agree it's a great bird mates, And regarding the plaque we can only speculate
as we were not there 73 years ago ;-)
Once again thanks for your inputs !
Håkan

[ErichS]

Who knows, the way they handed out awards for things it could be for sheep humping. Plaque looks like its been on there forever and properly mounted so it looks o.k.

Kris

Sheep humping

I agree a nice period Adler!