skull question

[ton g]

Hi there,


A question for the insigne-experts:

was the zinc Assman-skull (marked Ges,gesch.) silver washed or silver painted or was it plain zinc?

[carlsson1982]

they're was no painted version, the most common was plain zink, with or without silver wash. (The late war skull variant with 3 prongs). Or the variant with the flat prongs, you had them in aluminium and also brass.

[bwanek1]

they're was no painted version, the most common was plain zink, with or without silver wash. (The late war skull variant with 3 prongs). Or the variant with the flat prongs, you had them in aluminium and also brass.

Huh?

I am not sure I fully understood what you said, but, if I did, I disagree with it on a couple counts.

Can you just list the variants you believe are original?

[carlsson1982]

1) the Ges.Gesch skull with the round prongs: zink (silver wash)
2) the Ges.Gesch skull with the flat prongs in aluminium also brass
3) Unmarked Assmann
4) 3-pronged Assmann (late war type) I know this one is controversial here but not for me, I found one grounddug two years ago myself. Unfortunately It was just it's half.

I think I have them all

[Military]

Dear Carlsson, could you post photos of your 4 skull variants please?
thanks.

Mil

[carlsson1982]

I can't post here.

[bwanek1]

1) the Ges.Gesch skull with the round prongs: zink (silver wash)
2) the Ges.Gesch skull with the flat prongs in aluminium also brass
3) Unmarked Assmann
4) 3-pronged Assmann (late war type) I know this one is controversial here but not for me, I found one grounddug two years ago myself. Unfortunately It was just it's half.

I think I have them all

Are you saying that there was an original Assmann TK made of brass?

Also, you only listed a finsih on the Ges. Gesch. zinc skull. Are you suggesting that the unmarked zink skull was produced unfinished? That is the way it sounds in this and your previous post.

[Niederlande]

Dear Carlsson, could you post photos of your 4 skull variants please?
thanks.

Mil

Yes please post some pictures

[Military]

Posting on behalf of Carlsson.

Skull 1

[Military]

Skull 2

[Military]

Skull 3

[Military]

Skull 4

[Military]

Skull 5

[Arran]

This is very interesting...skulls 1 & 5 I've encountered before, skull 2 I've seen once before, but skull 3, if it is silvered brass (which it could be from the pic) is a first for me...can we see it after cleaning? Skull 4, of course, is the controversial 3 prong...

[SScollector]

Yes, the zink ges.gesch. skulls were painted, (at least, sometimes).
I've posted pics of the ges.gesch. skull in brass and CupAl several before in previous threads.

Best,

Chris