Bullion skull tab -- comments

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On the recent posting by Cary of the collection of numbered, bullion TK skull tabs, there was a stray, unnumbered square patch, with a grommet, among the numbered tabs. Pictured below is another such tab which seems identical to the one posted by Cary (except for the placement of the grommet), down to the felt circle on the reverse. I was told that this was a manufacturer's example for production purposes. In other words, it was an supposedly an example of a finished tab that workers were to refer to during production for quality control purposes. Comments appreciated.

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[cary milligan]

Tab

Hey

This looks like the "brother" of the one in the collection of tabs I posted that I am buying. Interesting that no comment on this yet. hmm Maybe with this bump it will get moved up on the list!

[PMan]

Tab

It is odd that you have had no responses. The skull looks like a poor example to follow as an embroidery guide. Looks fake.

[Bob Hritz]

Looks like the same embroidery as this collar tab. What a match!

Bob Hritz

[SSgentleman]

Unique teeths to look at i would had thought the first example would be not proper....

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Here is the link to Cary's collection http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=358516 The teeth on the tab in this thread appear identical to the one tab with the grommet in Cary's collection. Again, note the reverse with the felt disc, and the white and black threads in the grommet. I would say they are either both good or both bad as I cannot see any difference between them. Comments appreciated.

[SSgentleman]

Here is the link to Cary's collection http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=358516 The teeth on the tab in this thread appear identical to the one tab with the grommet in Cary's collection. Again, note the reverse with the felt disc, and the white and black threads in the grommet. I would say they are either both good or both bad as I cannot see any difference between them. Comments appreciated.

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although slight difference, it should be an original

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although slight difference, it should be an original

Thank you, you are a gentleman! The side-by-side is appreciated.

[Dr. Strangelove]

No

One on the right is real one on the left fake.

[quankle]

Both appear to have been made at the same time and place, IMHO. Looking at the patches overall (backing material, backing weave, backing edges, edge frays, grommet size, grommet configuration, color of threads through the grommets, weave of the threads through the grommet, size of the felt disc on the reverse, color of the felt disc on the reverse, starch or light glue traces on the reverse, etc etc etc), I could see no differences in the overall. Both are real, or both are fakes, IMHO. There is, of course, a difference in the condition, with Cary's virtually mint.

[SSgentleman]

these are unfinished samples correct, so i do believe maker churn out a few varieties, so more or less slight variation may occur.

[sgstandard]

Tk

The insignia could be authentic, but it's hard to believe this particular piece was ever used a quality-control example, unless it was to show how NOT to make one!!