Originally posted by Br. James
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The date on the badge i showed before, hand-etched, 30.1.39, would have been one such unnumbered badge from the pot. It is clear that a contract was given for a certain amount of badges with that date, as we know about them stamped by Deschler - with that date.
So why not do the whole contract "stamped" , why is this one hand-etched? I suppose common sense would suggest that at the last minute, a call went through to up the contract by a few more badges, possibly even by just one more, who knows, so, it was easier to dip into the pot of finished unnumbered badges, and etch one by hand quickly, than it was to set the presses up again to make one, or a few.
The past few long posts are just to prove that there must have been a "pot" of finished unnumbered badges to dip into if needed. Not in circulation, not "given" to special people, just for "emergencies."
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