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Saturday 5 August 2017

Yet Another Second Pattern Appears ...


Another second pattern has surfaced, this time from an American collector who claimed that he purchase a large lot of NSDAP items that was brought back by an American World War Two veteran. The lot included about thirty items, including this remarkable Coburg Badge. This badge shows a broad pin set up, typical of second pattern pieces. If you look carefully, the RZM marking appears on the Seven O'clock position, rather than in the centre when compared to the previous post. Some second pattern pieces also exhibit an interesting "fingerprint" texture on the reverse which may be due to the manufacturing process of sanding down or removing excess material through a machining process. it is said that the edges were filed down by hand, which meant that no two badges have an outline that is exactly identical, so don't worry if one of your towers appear smaller than another piece.

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