SA Treffeb BRaunschweig 1931 - round wreath

[Curt Steinbach]

Hello All - I can't remember having seen one of these posted before with the so called round wreath. From what I can tell it looks good to me other than the fact it's not in great condition and the pin seems to have been re-attached upside down.

What do you think?

Curt

How does one edit the title of a thread? My fingers obviously got ahead of my brain on this one - SA Treffen Braunschweig

[ErichS]

Curt, I'm not a fan of these badges without the S over the R in Treffen and without impressed lettering. Others find them okay but not me.

[Curt Steinbach]

Hi Erich - I understand what you are saying and that is kind of what I want to hear. On the other hand this is true in regards to the oval ones. From what little I have seen about the round wreath the SA letters get shifted but of course I am a complete amateur. I have seen a lot of your posts and I respect your opinion regarding political stuff.

That's what this is all about and I hope there will be some other comments. For or against!

Curt

[Stan]

SA-Treffen 1-st type

Hi Curt,

My only comment is that Erich is right on every count.

Stan

[Military]

Erich is right and this is what you should look for.
Hope the images help.



Mil

[Military]

The advice is to get those with letters that are embossed on these first type badges.
I would also find it odd to have the pin being attached upside down.

Mil

[ErichS]

Nice textbook badge Mil!

[D Funk]

Right from a veteran this year

Hi Forum, I was going to post this badge the other day and ran out of time so I will place it here. This badge came right from a veteran last month with a few other tinnies. This badge has the old solder on it and the details are sharp and nice. It is just like the one from Curt and even a bit of the silver wash is still on it. There is no question in my mind that this badge is original and look at the detail in the wreath etc.

[D Funk]

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[ErichS]

D. Funk, you badge is the same as the first one pictured and different from Mils.

[D Funk]

Curt, That badge is original!

Look at the quality and thickness of the lettering in Braunschweig as well. There may be an "A" and a "B" version here and I would not exclude the badge Military shows either. It does have great charachteristics as well. So why dont we call Militarys badge a Type"A" since it is closer to what we would call typical, and we can refer to the other two as a Type"B" with the raised thicker lettering.

[ErichS]

Curt, That badge is original!

Look at the quality and thickness of the lettering in Braunschweig as well. There may be an "A" and a "B" version here and I would not exclude the badge Military shows either. It does have great charachteristics as well. So why dont we call Militarys badge a Type"A" since it is closer to what we would call typical, and we can refer to the other two as a Type"B" with the raised thicker lettering.

As I said in my first post, some like them but I personally don't. I don't see this early badge sold at the event having more than one maker. To each his own!

[Curt Steinbach]

Thanks to all for their input. Sounds like the proverbial can of worms. I am certainly not knowledgable enough to pass judgement on this so I appreciate the input.

D. Funk - that certainly is a good looking one. Far better looking than mine!

I will continue looking for examples out on the 'interweb" and elsewhere to throw into the mix for this discussion.

Curt