Backelite/plastic wound badge

[Pieter Verbruggen]

Hey ,
I'm looking for a plastic/bakelite black wound badge, one was sold last SOS. Can anyone help me locate it or has one for sale. I'll be thankful for ever
Pieter..

[juoneen]

when did they make a baakelite wound badge? and why would they make one,as i would think they would be more expensive to make than a stamped metal version. Is there such a thing thats pre 45 nazi, and if so whats one worth? If there is such a thing id say it has to be worth a lot, just for the rarity. but is there such a thing, and if so does anyone have an example to show? Ive never seen one in my whole life. Ive seen plastic badges, but nothing made of bakelite, especially for an award . Is there any other bakelite badges for any other awards?

[Don D.]

Try doing a search. You might find something.

[juoneen]

OK i see you were on that thread. Plastics or variations of plastics or forerunners of plastics, all have their own personalities. Bakelite per se is heavy. It also if rubed with the thumb or finger till it gets warm has its own destict stinkt.(smell thats unforgettable if the olfactory is working )
I read the badge found at stalingrad is light, so my contention is, that unless it has that bakelite smell from friction , its got to be made of something else,as bakelite never has pinholes either, as these badges have , and they look more like cast resin to me. Bakelite is shot into dies, and baked under extreme pressure, and heat for a predetermined period of time, and then kicked out of the molds, and left to cool. I am not saying they are not original, just that i dont feel they are really bakelite, as bakelite is smoothe, but will chip if dropped, and is not very forgiving.
I really keep forgetting that i need to look at all the postings first before asking stupid questions you all have seen before, so you have my apologies for asking . Sometimes questions cut to the chase, so i dont blame you for mentioning to go look. Whomever said they were bakelite I suspect is just assuming they are bakelite, and it would be interesting to have a chemist analize one of these thats damaged somewhere sometime to see just what the composition is, and if it contains casting materials first used then, that is still used today, or started during hitlers time.. It would be easy to use a real badge, and cast it in a plater of paris mold if resins were available as a 2 part chemical reaction. I have actually seen lead badges made in POW camps by german prisoners...uS guards kept for souveniers, so maybe someday someone will show some of those, but few know they even exist. Most times when seen, are thought to be fakes, and some i have had the pleasure to see are done quite well by the way.

[Howard Kelley]

here's mine.

[Howard Kelley]

reverse, never had a pin.