eagle

[patrick99]

Gentlemen,

I would like your opinions and comment on this eagle.
What is it and is it original?
Sorry for the bad pic.
How can help me
Thanks in advance!

[Dmv]

Please post clear pictures, also of the back.

I know Zoll has an eagle in this style, only in silver...

[Jean-Claude]

Hi Patrick

Your picture is a bit fuzzy but so are all of mine (I like to think of this fuziness as a personal watermark ) but this eagle is very distinctive. Its a Wasserzoll (Water Customs) cap eagle very similar to mine.

Land customs cap insignia is silver coloured and more common. I have attached a (also fuzzy) picture of my late (zink) land customs set and early water customs eagle for comparison. Cant see your back picture but my specimen has 2 flat clips soldered on back and appears to be made of brass with a gold coloured wash on front. I have also seen these eagles/wreath sets in aluminum and zink but I suspect that earliest specimens were in brass for Wasserzoll.

Good luck in finding a wreath for this bird I know they must exist but I have never been lucky enough to have seen one for sale

Hope this helps

Best regards

JC

[RonR]

Patrick and JC,

A few more for comparison..........


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[RonR]

Silver wreath with a gold wash.....

[RonR]

Bullion silver.........


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[RonR]

Bullion gold wreath........


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[RonR]

Silver with vented cockade..........


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[Mike Dalton]

Nice. Very nice items.

[Dmv]

Ron, you keep amazing me with all the different stuff you have!

[Jean-Claude]

Beautiful Customs hat insignia Ron!

Thanks for sharing

JC

[Richard T]

Ron, seeing all the toys you come up with reminds me of a line from Patton with George C Scott:

George. . . .if you were named admiral
of the Turkish Navy I believe your aides could dip
into their haversacks and come up with the appropriate
badge of rank.

Great stuff!
Richard
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[patrick99]

Here some better pictures.
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[patrick99]

Sometimes when a post a pictures, it will be removed by imageshack??
Why is that for?? "403 forbidden"



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[NickG]

Nice wasserzoll eagle, much harder to find than a regular land zoll silver customs eagle!