Hithanks for your reply.
And here`s his brothers
I wonder, are there original cupal badges of this maker?
Mike
Hi Mike
Leistuingsabzeichen were not made in this way, no awards or badges were made in this way. Cupal is really used for something else (as an electrical conductor), and not for making awards. Its a word you will hear pertaining to a multitude of Awards, and i guess you can compare it to BEVO.. people are quick to say this is Cupal, or that is a BEVO weave, but don't actually understand what they are talking about, they are just words that have been picked up on Forum travels.
Maybe you think i am joking? can you, or anyone show us an Award that is made like this? horrible cast Aluminum on a separate copper plate that has been cut out very roughly..??
We know how Leistungsabzeichen were made, and they were not a thin sheet of cast aluminum pressed onto a copper backing plate for support. I would like to see anyone Physically Remove the copper plating from real Cupal as i did with the S badge ..
These S marked badges, forget the fact that the M1/101 and M1/35 all show the same die flaw, plus all the other problems mentioned, They are pretending to be late war examples, are they not? (based on the award numbers) At a time when it was no longer allowed to use Messing/copper at will, or aluminum for that matter.. (hence other badges being made in Zinc etc..) so how can anyone connect this, with the supposed time period? just the Historical aspect alone tells you to run. We also know that later period Leistungsabzeichen were also made of Zinc.. in any case, they were never a 2 piece construction, and also never Cast as these are. They are also not made using copper plates.