silver wound badge mm 10 and l52

[Peter H.]

hello collectors,
i have this 2 wb's in my collection and i dont know if they are authentic or not
the first one is a silver wb with mm 10, its bigger than my other wb's in silver.

the second one is a silver wb without a maker mark. some people had said it's from the maker l52. i cleaned it with a little bit of tooth paste and i found a little 6 under the catch

sorry but my cam is not the best.

any comments are welcome

greetings peter

[Peter H.]

back mm 10

[Peter H.]

L52???

[Peter H.]

backside with little 6 under the catch

[Peter H.]

mm

[Mike Kenny]

Hi Peter,

Let me put it this way, if I had the opportunity to buy both badges, I would do so in a heartbeat!

Regards
Mike

[Porsche]

Peter,
your first badge is clearly an original '10' . The second badge is a Steinhauer & Lück (L/16)

Cheers,

Neil

[Peter H.]

hallo,
thank for your opinion
L16 is a good idea but look to this thread:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=L%2F52

my woundbadge is the bade from Guido L. i cleaned it. in his link you can see it uncleaned. at that time everyone thought is is a l52

thanks for all
peter

[Chrvip68]

Peter, awesome !!!

You don't see often these WBs.

Ah, i forgot it is L/52 .

[Peter H.]

hello chris,
thanks for your kind words i dont understand why there is a 6 under the catch when its a l52
here another nice and i hope original one
it's marked with L16 on the flat side under the catch.
greetins peter

[Peter H.]

backside

[Peter H.]

I think this is my rarest bird mm16 with pin and catch on the wrong side
peter

[Peter H.]

back

[Porsche]

Peter,
When I compare the obverse of your 'L52' and your L16, I see the same tooling . I've also compare it with some of my L16 files which also share the same features. Unfortunately, I don't have any confirmed Silver L52's or 20's to compare, but for me they both look like L16's

Chris,
what points you to suggesting that the first badge is an L52?

Cheers,

Neil

[Chrvip68]

Hi guys,

Neil, because of the type of hardware and style of construction.

Peter, another hard to find the maker marked '16' WB, so pitty who is broken the catch, but don't worry this hardware set up was not strong. I have seen several integral WBs without catch and mostly without hinge because the hing can not be opened widely.

I'm afraid i have bad news for the silver WB, sorry.