1923 Gau Badge

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Joe,

Sizes of my two are the same as yours:

Hollow ["Alpacca"]

Wreath= 44,00mm. Swas = 45,80

Solid

Wreath = 44.10. Swas = 45,77

Stan

Consistency in measurements can be an issue, Stan. From another thread:

Matt, I have just checked the sizes of my Allgemeine Gau badges. They are as follows:

1923 Hollow: 44,19mm

1925 Solid: 44,21mm

Certainly not 4% different, more like 0.045%.

Stan

Actually, the expert in Gau badges thinks the solid version is a fake !

Hello Stan,

As you know I measured your badges as well. ... when I measure those I measure the wreath (not the sometimes protruding edges of swastika) vertically and horizontally.
As such the solid silver vs the hollow silver version as measured by me came to
43.2 x 44 vs 44.7 x 44.9 (W/H)

cheers

Matt

[Stan]

Andreas,

We all know how difficult it is to measure the wreath on a badge. Unless you get the caliper exactly in the middle, the measurements will differ so I may have got it slightly wrong.

However, the point is that Joe's badge measured 44.00mm whereas mine measured either 44.00mm or 44.19mm, both of which are within reasonable tolerances IMO.

I cannot comment on the measurements which Matt took of my badges.

Stan

[transvision]

just noticed on the old brigade update a painted 1925 example.

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just noticed on the old brigade update a painted 1925 example.

Looks quite similar to the one discussed in this thread.