Panzer Assaukt Badge in Bronze
Regards,
Ricardo
Militaria and WW2 history forum and topsites. Sõja ajaloo portaal.
Regards,
Ricardo
I’m just guessing over here…I’m not sure if it’s even TR…
I just got this Gorget and was hoping someone could give me some info on it? As you can see its marked RZM M1/128 which I believe is attributed to Eugen Schmidhäussler of Pforzheim? Beyond that I don’t know much about it so any help would be very helpful.
Thanks very much!
Kirby Bletcher
Attachment 234438Attachment 234439Attachment 234440Attachment 234441Attachment 234442
This first one is espescially for Colt 1911A1, who had so much to say about my pistols. It’s a Greek Mannlicher Schoenauer Y:1903/14 in 6.5 x 54mm Schoenauer, made by Breda in 1927. It’s missing the piling hook and has a mismatched bolt, but is otherwise in very nice shape. Interestingly, it has a trench art cross and the initials scratched onto the butt. I can’t know for sure when or by whom this was done, but given as the cross is a Greek national symbol, I like to think it was done by Greek hands.
I’ve never actually shot this rifle, as I can’t seem to find 6.5mm Schoenauer ammo for love or money. Ironically when I first started collecting the 2nd rifle I bought was a Carcano, and I could find Schoenauer ammo easily enough but no Carcano. Now I have one and I can’t find any! The gun shop where I work as dies for loading it, but they’re $90 and I can’t justify that expense when I can’t even find cases.
More pictures to come, I just moved and need to unpack my camera and figure out where to get the best light in my new house.