List of Minesweeper (Minensuch) manufacturers

[John Robinson]

Please post any images you might have and let us know if there are others to be added to the list.

L/11 (tombak) - vertical pin or horizontal pin, marked L/11 or unmarked

Unmarked Deumer horizontal pin (zinc)

L/15 (tombak) - Schickle catalog image of "Mayer-type", no Schickle-marked examples though

L/16 (tombak) - marked or unmarked

Unmarked S&L (zinc) - variety of setups

L/18 (tombak) --actually the type which is shown in Schickle's catalog but two examples to date have surfaced stamped L/18 by BH Mayer

L/18 (zinc)

L/21 (zinc) - marked or unmarked

L/53 (tombak)

L/53 (zinc)

L/56--not a known maker of Minesweeper badges but an example of the zinc "Schickle-type" has appeared with the L/56 stamp in the reverse.

RSS (tombak)

A (Assmann) (tombak)

Beco (tombak)

Possible Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid (tombak and aluminum)

LM (zinc)

Petz & Lorenz - tombak

RK (tombak and zinc)

RS (zinc)

Schwerin Berlin (tombak and zinc)

AS (in a triangle) (zinc)

Unmarked AS in a triangle (tombak and zinc)

WH in an oval (zinc) (Wilhelm Hobacher of Vienna)

Wiedmann (ex-Wernstein) (zinc)

Unmarked Juncker (tombak and zinc)

Unmarked "Juncker-like" (zinc)

Unmarked "Juncker-style" (zinc)

Unmarked Meybauer (tombak and zinc)

Possible unmarked S.H.u.Co. (zinc)

[entasis]

Mayer came marked '26' as well as 'L/18'.

Also, you need to add 'WH' which had the letters inside an oval and the mm was located on the pin.

Tony

[Martin W]

John,
this badge is unmarked and this type of badge has been discussed before with Juncker being the possible maker.The reverse hardware is very similar to that on their Auxiliary Cruiser and Coastal Artillery badges.

Regards,Martin.

[Martin W]

The reverse.

[Darrell]

Tombak RK:

Obv.

[Darrell]

Rev.

[Martin W]

Tombak Schwerin.