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    Lanyard Observation

    Gents,

    I am working on an in-depth article on luftwaffe shooting lanyards. If you have one of ANY grade you would let me use please contact me!

    In doing the research I have come upon an interesting phenomenon. Makers often mixed the grade 1-4 and 5-8 knots and badges on the lanyards.

    1-4 was a gunmetal badge and a salt & pepper knot
    5-8 was a silver badge and silver knot

    I have found grade 1-4 badges with the following:

    gunmetal badge and salt & pepper knots
    gunmetal badge and mix of knots
    gunmetal badge and silver knots
    silver badge and silver knots
    silver badge and a mix of knots
    silver badge and gunmetal knots

    It is amazing that German producers were supposed to hew so closely to regulations but were quite lazy about it. I have found NO eidence to show any were tampered with postwar. In handling many, many lanyards it appears the 1-4 and 5-8 parts were mixed willy-nilly.

    All comments appreciated!

    This is from a grade 2 lanyard which should have salt & pepper knots and a gunmetal badge:
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    Last edited by Marc Garlasco; 03-17-2010, 07:10 PM.
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    this a grade 1:
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    Last edited by Marc Garlasco; 03-17-2010, 07:09 PM.

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      #3
      This is according to regulations - grade 2
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        #4
        Has anyone noticed this on any of their lanyards? DO you find it interesting/odd to find level 5-8 on a level 1-4 or who cares?

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          #5
          I have just had a look at my grade 1 lanyard. It too has silver knots top and bottom. Will try and post some pictures when I find my pc/camera cable.

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            #6
            Silver knots and eagle here. I always thought this was a basic grade 1 lanyard (?)
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              #7
              The braids are for grade 1-4 but the rest is for 5-8. What I am finding us the silver grade 5-8 were more commonly used for 1-8 and often mixed. I wonder if it was because they were lazy or if it happened later in the war as they tend to be on unissued lanyards.

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