08-13-2010, 07:13 PM
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Richard,
Very nice badge, from a U.K. dealer I believe?
I had my eye on that one for a week and when I went order it, it had gone - now I know where. 
Glad you posted it and I can still see it.
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08-13-2010, 07:29 PM
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Thanks guys.
Richard
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09-04-2010, 11:57 PM
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Here is a late war unmarked zincer that is most likely a S.H.u.Co product. This is the only minesweeper badge manufacturer to feature a catch which opens leftward instead of rightward, just as on the S.H.u.Co. Infantry Assault Badge.
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09-18-2010, 01:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Robinson
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Well, the minesweeper classification thread already mentions the tentative attribution of the flat-waved minesweeper to S.H.u.Co.
Here's a comparison between the catches on the marked S.H.u.Co. IAB and Destroyer badges and the catch on the minesweeper. Notice the notch in the upper end of the round wire catch and the slight bevel in the lower end. An excellent match.
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09-18-2010, 01:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm F
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Many think "AS in triangle" was Adolf Scholze but this is still unproven, and for what it's worth, contacts in the Scholze company 60 years later were unaware of the firm ever using this logo rather than a plain A.S. (as discussed previously on GCA and elsewhere in WAF as well).
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Thought I'd better update this statement to reflect that Adolf Scholze is back on again as the likely maker behind the "AS in triangle" minesweeper, based on the interesting findings posted by Pavel from Gablonz in the thread " Unfinished AS minesweepers" from post #56 onwards.
Best regards,
---Norm
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10-19-2010, 08:06 PM
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A tombak Hymmen & Co., Lüdenscheid, marked "L/53" -- the most bizarre of minesweeper badges.
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12-18-2010, 05:22 PM
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R.K., Gablonz-made, in zinc. 9-wave variant.
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12-18-2010, 05:48 PM
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Classification table.
John
Last edited by John Robinson; 12-18-2010 at 09:15 PM.
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09-28-2011, 07:47 PM
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Latest version of the Classification Table (October 5, 2011)
Last edited by John Robinson; 10-06-2011 at 11:55 AM.
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12-31-2011, 12:32 PM
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Minesweeper badge in cloth (also in this thread).
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12-31-2011, 03:01 PM
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Very nice Norm. These are not easy to find.
John
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01-29-2012, 09:32 PM
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Latest revision of the Minesweeper classification table.
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01-29-2012, 09:34 PM
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A couple of Wilhelm Hobacher Minesweeper badges - marked and unmarked. Both show a gold undercoating beneath the silver finish on the water column.
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02-08-2012, 12:59 PM
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Here is a zinc Hymmen & Co. L/53 type 4.1.4; not near as pretty as Norm's Tombak one above.
Over on the Heer/SS War and Qualification forum, Chet Sowersby once had a theory that the Hymmen owner must have had some real dirt on someone high up in the Party or Ordenskanzlei to be able to get away with crummy designs like this! 
Best,
Greg
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