Hi!
Yes this is a great topic, Benten!
It grows and grows! Unfortunately there are only a few people here and bring inputs :-(
Thanks for your answer about the plating of the last ring. I think mine is nickel or chrome plated too, but in not so nearly perfect condition.
Ok here an other pattern we have only a bad pic here.
The ring is brass and 2 piece. Band and plate are one piece without a seam.
The helmet is soldered on. The dates are punched in with dies.
All in all it looks nearly like a trenchwork, but i think its a very cheap made mass product.
�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
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