Nuremberg Badge in Silver

[Stan]

Example of a "1000" grade Silver ingot and a "1000" coin /medallion:

Stan

[Stan]

A 1000 silver bracelet and 1941 ring marked 1000.

This evidence, combined with the comments in post #20 that some Bavarian medals were marked "1000", seems to be irrefutable proof that some german makers did use the "1000" mark on silver.



Stan

[jabnus]

Very interesting discovery. I imagine this is very soft material.

If anyone knows of a silver badge for sale, please drop me a pm as i'd love to add one to my collection.

best regards,
Gaston

[Stan]

Gaston,

Blood Orders were made of silver which was 99.9% pure and they are not soft.

The trouble is that this thread has spooked collectors who do not believe that 1000 marked pieces could be original. I saw a Silver 1933 RPT sold last year for less than $1000 dollars whereas a few years ago they were going for more than double that amount. That is why it is important to set the record straight.

Stan

[David North]

Dear Stan

A good piece of detective work and thankyou. I must admit that I have always been a little puzzled about the 1000 mark to this badge, although having said that, I have never thought for one moment that the badge was anything other than period. A puzzle of a badge with a puzzle of a mark. As simple as that and of course, extremely rare.

Attached are images of the one that I have, although it holds no surprises.

Regards,

David

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[Stan]

David,

In the Hermann Historica Auction catalogue 64 from May 2012, Lot 6118 has a group of day badges from the family of Rudolf Hess. If you go online you can see the reverse of the 1933 RPT in Silver and its marked "1000". Other day badges are also made of Silver and therefore probably VIP presentations (Nuremberg 1929 in its case, Stuttgart 1934, Stuttgart 1937).

I know that this is not conclusive evidence but if anyone had a VIP Silver RPT 1933, you would expect Rudolf Hess to have one.

Stan

[ErichS]

Good job Stan for setting the record straight on these silver badges. As you know, I was a doubter for many years until I was able to see one close up. The great thing about this hobby is that there is always something new to learn and things are not always written in stone.

Erich

[Stan]

Here are the photos from the HH website of Hess's Day Badges which include the 1933 RPT in 1000 Silver:

[Stan]

Close up of Hess's RTP in Silver marked "1000".

Stan