ss eagle question

[john mack]

has anyone ever seen a zinc ss eagle marked m1/52, just would like to know if these were produced.

[bwanek1]

has anyone ever seen a zinc ss eagle marked m1/52, just would like to know if these were produced.

I have never seen one.

[SScollector]

Not yet, but surely they are out there somewhere.

[bwanek1]

Not yet, but surely they are out there somewhere.

One would certainly imagine, but you never know. I would think that we would have found one by now!

We all are aware that Deschler made a lot more skulls than eagles in general based on pure numbers. Similarly, Hicke made plenty of eagles (mostly zinc), but no skulls at all that we are aware of. Who knows how or why the RZM chose to share the waelth and spread contracts among manufacturers at various times? The RZM could have stopped ordering eagles from Deschler at some point before production switched to zinc for some reason. Deschler could even have subcontracted to Hicke for production of eagles to satisfy their RZM requirements, though, if that were the case, they would probably have required the subcontractor to use Deschler's design and markings, not their own.

[SScollector]

That is a good point. I guess that unless we see one, we may never really know for sure.

Best, Chris