hj swimming awards

[Terry OToole]

I doubt that the glass one is hand cut, it will be moulded. I have glass tinnies that are moulded, so they are no great expense to make.
Impressive, lovely quality, HJ swimming award.
I would imagine that there are a great number of different award/donation/rememberance/souvenir plaques out there, most of which are new to our eyes when seen for the first time. (possibly almost as many as tinnies)
Regards,
Pete

you could be right Pete , it was described as hand cut but i wouldn t know how to tell the difference

[railhouse]

hj table

I have problem with that ther are no manufakture on the hj swim and the late year but how knows ther are many table medals out ther that whe know nothing about i have about 30 different and i know about 20 more in other collectins

[mametz]

Terry i wish you all the luck with the HJ plaque, as Pete said we have
not seen it all. It must be uncommon if Railhouse has not seen it before
he has a fantastic collection.
Regards
Mametz

[stuart a.]

will be interesting to see if any otheres start turning up soon,like others have said could be a very rare piece or a new fake who knows at the mo, the quality looks very good but then again a lot of the fakes these days look very good, but like i said in the first line of this thread will see if anymore turn up because if someone has gone to the trouble of making 1 then they have made a lot more, if no more turn up then it look far more like an original piece

[Terry OToole]

will be interesting to see if any otheres start turning up soon,like others have said could be a very rare piece or a new fake who knows at the mo, the quality looks very good but then again a lot of the fakes these days look very good, but like i said in the first line of this thread will see if anymore turn up because if someone has gone to the trouble of making 1 then they have made a lot more, if no more turn up then it look far more like an original piece

Stewart , very true , i plan on keeping it so hopefully some info might emerge in the future , i m convinced its an original piece but as you ve pointed out , theres always an element of doubt , the seller has given me a lifetime guarentee so if they do start appearing out the woodwork i ll be back to him , all other items with it are good ,so i hope my judgement is also

[Terry OToole]

Terry i wish you all the luck with the HJ plaque, as Pete said we have
not seen it all. It must be uncommon if Railhouse has not seen it before
he has a fantastic collection.
Regards
Mametz

cheers mate , hopefully someone will find some info and pass it on to me

[railhouse]

hj table

Hi did you have more info about the owner of this badges

[Terry OToole]

Hi did you have more info about the owner of this badges

non of the original owner , the son of a royal artilleryman himself in his 70 s with no connection to the collecting community re-discovered them in his dads belongings , i don t know where or when his father aquired these only that it was wartime , theres definitely a Dutch element here though , cheers Terry

[Terry OToole]

other items that came with the awards

[Terry OToole]

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update ,Garry off the hj research forum has very helpfully added this information on the swimming badge the landerwettkampf of 1941 was the first year this event took place , the events were swimming and athletics , Holland took part and came third in the athletics and second (to Germany) in the swimming ,which ties in with the Dutch swimming medals this girl had ,if i can find her name on the list of participants in this event (backstroke) i will have filled in some of the gaps !

[mametz]

Have to say the HJ plaque is one of the best i have seen great design
Regards
Mametz

[Terry OToole]

update ,another identical plaque has turned up on the hj forum, Awarded to a hj swimmer who went on to have a successful career after the war .Unfortunately other than one desultory pic the interested party couldn t supply anymore or the id of the swimmer

[Garry Nelson]

The quality of these items is really nice. The 1945 date on the glass badge is very unusual. I didn't think there would be any youth sports activities going on that late in the war.
Best,
Garry

[Terry OToole]

The quality of these items is really nice. The 1945 date on the glass badge is very unusual. I didn't think there would be any youth sports activities going on that late in the war.
Best,
Garry

you mean 1942 Garry?

[mametz]

Good to see another one has surfaced, shame the other poster can,t
help you out more
Mametz