Baden Kokarden

[J.LeBrasseur]

Some of the variants and the Special Kokarden card I have posted before, but I know Tony loves it so here it is again.

James

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

I sit. Weeping silently....

 

[b.loree]

You just made his day Tony! This is what I have to put up with at every SOS......sigh.

 

[b.loree]

James....compare also your Baden NCO on the salesman card with the one I show in my first post. Yours has the Prussian hash marked ring while mine is smooth Bavarian style.

 

[Lost Skeleton]

Another Baden Offizier Kokarde in the Hessen style (this from a Dragoner helmet in my collection):

 

[Zebedeus]

Wow! Another piece of history. You have really an high quality collection. Chapeau.
Zeb

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Chas that is obscene. Astounding.

 

[b.loree]

Excellent kokarde and helmet Chas, good to have a post from you. Is that kokarde larger than the regular infantry? I have noticed that on some mounted helmets the kokarden are a larger size.

 

[SkipperJohn]

Here is my sole Baden contribution:

John

 

[Lost Skeleton]

Excellent kokarde and helmet Chas, good to have a post from you. Is that kokarde larger than the regular infantry? I have noticed that on some mounted helmets the kokarden are a larger size.

Hi Brian:

Difficult to obtain a precise measurement with my calipers due to the vaulted chinscale rosette, but the kokarde measures approximately 45mm.

 

[Feuerhand]

Hallo,
ich habe Ihre großartige Musterkarte mit den badischen Kokarden gesehen. Wunderschöne Stücke. Ich habe auch einige badische Kokarden in meiner Sammlung. Es sind Stücke aus einer alten Manufaktur. Urspründlich war es eine ganze Kiste voll. Viele ungetragene Stücke und auch Einzelteile. Ich konnte einige davon damals bekommen.

Beste Grüße
Mike

 

[John Josef]

Congratulations Mike,

Don't forget to use a translator, this is an English-speaking forum and most members do not understand German.

mfg John Josef

 

[Feuerhand]

Hello John,
thank you for the message.

I tryed this, but something going wrong. I will do my next posting in English

Best regards
Mike

 

[b.loree]

Welcome Mike, your English translation worked well. Thank you for posting your awesome collection of Baden ko0karden!

 

[Feuerhand]

Hello, I found some more pictures from the old manufacture stock finding. I got much Kokarden at that time...

 

[b.loree]

Amazing photo!

 

[John Josef]

Great photo, those are worth their weight in gold when you need one

 

[b.loree]

A pair of Baden officer kokarden in the Prussian style:

The "white" metal ring on the Reich kokarde is made of zinc which indicates wartime manufacture. The ring on the Baden kokarde is brass.

The reverse. The Baden on the left has it's proper cardboard backing circle. The Reich on the right never had one which supports simplified wartime manufacture.