RobertE Posted October 26, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 26, 2020 I have two emblems that I'd like some help with. The first is a raw steel colored piece with traces of gold finish on the obverse. Built like a regular one (strong seated post, can't bend the wings with your hand), but not made from bronze or brass. Recent publications dismiss these as reproductions, but this one came in a very large WWI senior NCO group and everything else was legit. Thought? The second is likely a repro. It has a significantly domed appearance, but appears die struck to me with almost an Army-Navy style bird on the obverse. I'd love it if it was real, but have little hope. I'm hoping any EGA gurus can help ID these two emblems for me - thanks in advance. s/f Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertE Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted October 26, 2020 Barracks cover device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted October 27, 2020 Share #3 Posted October 27, 2020 I don't have a problem with the cover emblem...looks like the finish was removed intentionally for some reason. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of the collar disk...rounded clasps were largely gone by WWI...is the pin flat-ended?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertE Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted October 27, 2020 Thanks Brig. I've seen distressed emblems but they usually reveal a bronze base metal - I have never owned a WWI cover emblem made of steel-colored metal so this is a first for me. It's always been brown metal. The disk pin has a pointy end, not clipped wire. s/f Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted November 2, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 2, 2020 Not a fan of the disk...clasp is more reminiscent of pre-war badges, French-made pinback disks generally have a dimple on the rear, as well as a different pattern EGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertE Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted November 2, 2020 Thanks for posting that Brig, definitely not the same as mine. I don't hold out much hope for the disk being a wartime disk either. Seems like a lot of work for a faker to go to with the domed shape when a flat planchet is so much more typical. I'm leaning more towards post-WWI, pre-WWII veterans parade fodder. Like so many of these, probably made for a WWI commemorative event in the 1920's and 30's. s/f Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted November 3, 2020 Share #7 Posted November 3, 2020 Before the internet, these disks were rare as hen's teeth...hell, I remember ten years ago with the internet disks were bringing ridiculous prices up to $500 each...so not a stretch that someone slapped some pins and clasps onto unfinished repro disks by any means. Disks are largely still an area that isn't fully understood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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