I have a strange SS Officer board for Artillery (red piping), and I would like some opinions about it's authenticity. For comparison sake, I have taken pics beside a Gebirgsjager (green piping). The piping on the Art. board is "fuzzier" than the rayon-cord type piping on the GBJ board - yet upon closer look (and sorry, the pictures don't show this), the "fuzzier" piping has a cross-weaving pattern just like the GBJ board - it's just below the nappy layer of "fuzz". Almost like it is made of the same material, just with the added extra touch! Very strange? Of course, some of the construction techniques between the two vary, but at the same time, they still seem to coincide.
The most unusual feature of the Arty board is that it has (for lack of a better description) a "donor" layer of very thin cello/plastic(?) between the russian braid and the bottom felt. And to top it off, this layer of cello/plastic has words imprinted on it! I've tried to get pics of the writing, but it's difficult to achieve - you almost have to hold them in hand and stretch the russian braid apart in places to see it. Very confusing, as the GBJ board does not have this thin, cello/plastic "donor" layer inside!
Please take look at the pics and feel free to offer your comments. Any good tips as well about how to identify proper construction methods of these boards would be beneficial to all of us, Im sure. I am quite comfortable with GBJ boards, but the Arty boards leave me puzzled a little . . . ???
Thanks in advance for all of your great contributions to this most confusing segment of SS colth collecting!
Brad
Brad
The most unusual feature of the Arty board is that it has (for lack of a better description) a "donor" layer of very thin cello/plastic(?) between the russian braid and the bottom felt. And to top it off, this layer of cello/plastic has words imprinted on it! I've tried to get pics of the writing, but it's difficult to achieve - you almost have to hold them in hand and stretch the russian braid apart in places to see it. Very confusing, as the GBJ board does not have this thin, cello/plastic "donor" layer inside!
Please take look at the pics and feel free to offer your comments. Any good tips as well about how to identify proper construction methods of these boards would be beneficial to all of us, Im sure. I am quite comfortable with GBJ boards, but the Arty boards leave me puzzled a little . . . ???
Thanks in advance for all of your great contributions to this most confusing segment of SS colth collecting!
Brad
Brad
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