ss cap skull

[steve becker]

Hello all,
From reading the threads on this forum I understand that Assman made cap skulls with the number 155/36 for that year of manufacturing. Can any body tell me if this was done in 38? I am thinking about purchasing a skull that is numbered 155/38 if authentic. I could not find this number in any of the known fakes,however I also could not find this in any of the known good numbers either. I look forward to hearing from the experts many thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Regards Steve

[bwanek1]

Hello all,
From reading the threads on this forum I understand that Assman made cap skulls with the number 155/36 for that year of manufacturing. Can any body tell me if this was done in 38? I am thinking about purchasing a skull that is numbered 155/38 if authentic. I could not find this number in any of the known fakes,however I also could not find this in any of the known good numbers either. I look forward to hearing from the experts many thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Regards Steve

Whoa, slow down, there, Steve.

I am glad to see someone doing some research on their own, but you need to be a little more careful. Assmann made eagles with the number 155/36 (also 155/38 and 155/42). However, Assmann never made any 155-marked skulls in any year, as far as has ever been documented. A skull with a 155 mark is [almost] certainly fake.

Brad

[steve becker]

Hello,
I hope I am doing this right. Thank you for setting the record straight If you open this thread you will see why I had some confusion about the maker marks. Perhaps if this post is in error it should be pulled as it could be misleading
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...s+cap+insignia

[bwanek1]

Hello,
I hope I am doing this right. Thank you for setting the record straight If you open this thread you will see why I had some confusion about the maker marks. Perhaps if this post is in error it should be pulled as it could be misleading
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...s+cap+insignia

As that is a very old thread, the earlier posts contain errors. Even though the entire thread spans years, I am not certain whether even the later posts even completely reflect what we now know to be correct. Here is a list of original markings, which I believe to be current:

SKULLS:

<O</OUnmarked; Unknown, often attributed incorrectly to Deschler & Sohn<O</O
RZM D.&S.M. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:stockticker w:st="on">GES</st1:stockticker>. GESCH.; Deschler & Sohn<O</O
RZM <st1:stockticker w:st="on">GES</st1:stockticker>. GESCH.; Deschler & Sohn<O</O
RZM 52; Deschler & Sohn<O</O
RZM M1/52; Deschler & Sohn<O</O
RZM 254/42; Deschler & Sohn
RZM 499/41; Fritz Zimmermannn<O</O
RZM M1/24; Overhoff & Cie.<O</O
S.P.40; Unknown, possibly Overhoff & Cie.<O</O
Unmarked; E. W. Assmann & Söhne
<st1:stockticker w:st="on">GES</st1:stockticker>. GESCH.; E. W. Assmann & Söhne
<O</O

EAGLES:

<O</ORZM 394-35; Unknown<O</O
RZM M1/52; Deschler & Sohn<O</O
RZM M1/17; E. W. Assmann & Söhne<O</O
RZM SS 155/36; E. W. Assmann & Söhne<O</O
RZM SS 155/38; E. W. Assmann & Söhne<O</O
RZM SS 155/42; E. W. Assmann & Söhne<O</O
Unmarked; E. W. Assmann & Söhne<O</O
RZM M1/24; Overhoff & Cie.<O</O
RZM M1/72; Fritz Zimmermannn<O</O
RZM SS 499/42 M1/72; Fritz Zimmermannn<O</O
RZM SS M1/167; Augustin Hicke<O</O
RZM M1/8; Ferdinand Wagner<O</O
RZM SS 475/39; Ferdinand Wagner<O</O
RZM SS 475/42; Ferdinand Wagner<O</O
E.S. PF.; Unknown, possibly Eugen Schmidhäussler, <st1:City w:st="on"><ST1Pforzheim</ST1</st1:City><O</O

[Military]

Bwanek,

is this the complete list?

[bwanek1]

Bwanek,

is this the complete list?

I believe it to be a complete list of known originals.