What Do You Make Of These?

[TobyR]

Hi Everybody!

I picked these up recently and wondered what you all make of them.

From the writing on the badges it would appear that they relate to a glider competition held by the aero club of Germany, specifically the 'International Glider Wettbewerb (town or something else?) 1937'.

One badge is a tinnie for the competition (I presume) and the other the entrant's badge (name: Latchamn - England).

Ever seen anything like this before?

Any comments / thoughts etc. appreciated.

Cheers,
Toby.

[TobyR]

And just for the sake of completeness, here are the backs.

[James Noble]

TobyR, The only comment I can make is you have a very nice pair of tinnies I wish they were in my collection, Thay are the type that you wont be seeing a lot of special the name tag.

[Ralph A]

Wettbewerb = competition.

I particularly like to collect the flying competition and exhibition tinnies & esoterica. Here are two great examples.

We can imagine the chagrin of our visiting Englishman when after dutifully writing his information on the supplied cardboard disc and assembling the whole, he discovers that the silly design has obliterated his identity!

Lovely pieces! Thanks for sharing.

[Kevin Sanders]

TobyR

TobyR-

Agree with James Noble - sweet pieces; the hand written ink "England" is especialy nice and a Rare find. Congrats man... make us all drool !!

[TobyR]

Sorry to be a tease but I knew you guys would appreciate them.

Cheers,
Toby.

[stuart c]

Toby
I agree with the rest of the guys,a very nice pair of badges,did you pick them up in the UK ?

[TobyR]

Hi Stuart,

Yes, I got them from a local badge collector / dealer (he's like a magpie and will buy anything so long as it has a pin on the back) who's had them in his collection for some years now.

All the best,
Toby.

PS I'll probably be looking to sell them both at some stage in the future.

[Kevin Sanders]

There you go again....

Alright TobyR -

Now you put the bait in the water... "...at some stage in the near future..."

Torturing the tinnie faithfull.... I'm sure several of us would be interested when it becomes "feeding time"....

Best regards-

Kevin