Garry, this is why i am so opposed to comparing a few pictures and reaching an opinion without having a basic understanding of history to assist.
The best thing to do, is take the M1\ makers list, and change the names of the makers in Austria to Red, the names of the makers in the Reichsgau Sudetenland into Green, then you have an easy to view list with an indication of which makers "could" have been producing under the RZM M1\ system since April 1935, and the makers who, in the case of Austria could only, at the earliest have been producing under the RZM M1\ system since Mid 1938, and in the case of areas like Gablonz, or any maker in the Gau Sudetenland from earliest, very late 1938/early 1939 onwards.
So if you didn't bother to take this into consideration, which i would say 95% of small badge collectors don't, you would be comparing aspects of a badge made by a German maker with experience, to that of a maker in Gablonz with no experience some 4-6 years later.
When you study badges made by these Austrian and Sudetenland makers around 1938|9, it becomes clear that although we are now almost 5 years into the RZM M1\ system, it is totally new for these makers, and many teething problems were made, whereas German makers around 1938|9 would have got their dies, and construction/fabrication fine-tuned to a T
hope it makes sense.
Thanks for the info Jo
The dealer is virtualgrenadier by the way.
Oh, thats where Jeff C`s Reichs-Tapestry went to then.. i wantd to buy that a few years ago.