Dirk Posted October 29, 2012 #1 Posted October 29, 2012 As I wait for Hurricane Sandy's full wrath, I thought I would get opinion on this Sharpshooters badge....catch is correct for the period but couldn't find any record of Dean Swift....but the engraving seems far different from any other engraved badges I've handled.....I've got at least three officially engraved badges and one privately engraved one post 1915......the numbers here just seem a bit crude to me....any opinions from my fellow collectors of marksman badges? Maybe an Army badge?
Dirk Posted October 29, 2012 Author #2 Posted October 29, 2012 Here is an ER the same seller is offering....still having trouble with the date engraving....but the name engraving looks closer to what I've seen.
teufelhunde.ret Posted October 29, 2012 #3 Posted October 29, 2012 Your right, the SS Badge is strange. The name engraving appears period, patina natural... perhaps the dates were done years later? Ancestry reveals one Dean C. Swift, who would have been 20 years old this date. However no military records at all under this name? The State & National Guard used these badges as well... perhaps the case here? But, not attributed to a Marine!
teufelhunde.ret Posted October 29, 2012 #4 Posted October 29, 2012 I think these match... original to the period???
Dirk Posted October 29, 2012 Author #5 Posted October 29, 2012 D: I think your right....not to a Marine...yet the patina seems correct for both
Brig Posted October 29, 2012 #6 Posted October 29, 2012 The National Guard's badges were in a gold finish... the 1910 looks period correct to me, the only thing that seems odd is the '5', seems short on top. I'd compare the '1's...see if they're from the same hand. The photo is a bit dark to really see the details of the engraving, can we get a close-up?
Dirk Posted October 29, 2012 Author #7 Posted October 29, 2012 Tim- I pulled these off ebay...so can't do better on close ups....don't like the "1" on either badge....the ones I have, are very well engraved...you have a few as well to compare...but I'll pass on these
Brig Posted October 29, 2012 #8 Posted October 29, 2012 I wouldn't chalk off the expert...the Albert looks very similar to the Albert in my 1914 Sharpshooter badge, possibly by the same hand? Granted, the '1's don't quite match, and the 'R' in Albert is a bit different, but strikingly similar, also notice the size ratio of capital to lower case letters. And there were very few people employed to officially engrave during this period, I think I read it was around 6...you can actually compare GCs and the such and match them to the engravers hand
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