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clearing out some files. A few link photos for this topic:

A set of what look like white washed KM links..

and, a slightly different look at the set Kris originally bought..

The KM ones look like made from buttons

Good eyes there Odal!!
More than likely they are! Many were made from buttons. Evidence in the Assmann catalog [I think shown earlier here in this topic] and in others.. Examples like the RAD, Heer, Luft, these KM and SS cufflinks were made from buttons sometimes..

Hello members
Here is a unusual pair of NSDAP cuff links shows the Alcoso scale trademark has nice enamel with silver coating as shown
wondering if they were made by the Alcoso dagger company
Enjoy
Andy
Militarynut

hi members
good evening to all these are the first pair of nsdap cufflinks with this alcoso scales logo never seen another also please note the greek key pattern bottoms simular to the greek key pattern design that adorns adolf hitler silverware perhaps outher members maybe gaspare has seen another pair like these lets see and enjoy these one of a kind beautys thanks andy militarynut

These are really nice pair! Nothing wrong with them..

No reason why Alcoso wouldn't be making these early on [prob. pre war].

Most Nazi dagger firms probably started out making every day silverware[spoons,forks,knives,etc.] and other things.
They had many associates that would make a certain piece they didn't make or bought, lets say as example, leather from other firms for straps or had the other firms actually make the leather piece complete and send to them for use.
Pre war when items like these cufflinks were very popular Alcoso would cut the dies/make the tooling for these and maybe sent to a 'friend firm' [that specialized in] enamel and there you go a pair of links for sale to your friendly neighborhood Nazi.
*OR,,Alcoso simply made them complete...
There was a lot of co operation pre war with semi like firms..

Once the war started pieces like these were kind of frowned upon by the party and less and less were made and sold and firms like Alcoso went from making dress daggers to other things to support the war effort..

Vern, Andy, & 'other dagger guys' Do you guys know of other products these dagger firms made during wartime?,,maybe mess kits,buttons, armaments pieces?

Very nicee ones.
They look like silverd brass.
I have still seen some very similar/close ones, but not with this manufacturers mark.

hi odel/members
yes these nsdap cuff links are silvered on brass and i believe that alcoso firm made them early on then turned thier dies around for outher items like dagger parts etc. just like here in america at the time we had remington rand typeriters that firm made 45 cal pistols rock ola made juke boxes then made 30 cal carbines and there were more fims all over making what was asked of them for the war effert and now we are writing about what we found thier treasures that very few collectors have seen guess this old saying still stands we are the keepers of this historical history stay well meine friends andy militarynut

Photo credit: MilitaryFundforum.

MilitaryNut,,,,here you go..
Another nice pair,,with same hallmark. Brass, probably had a real thin gold or silver wash.

IMO I would have to humbly disagree that the marks shown on both cuff links are that of Alexander Coppel for various reasons. The marks shown look much like the mark of Robert Dyckerhoff of Pforzheim. And yes I have seen this mark before and on cuff links. Thank you.

hi mikee
thanks for showing your same mark scales trade mark on your tr cufflinks. guess there is more then one pair i still think they are neat and scarce to find thank you very much for showing us here have a nice day andy militarynut

I got to apologize,, been living out of cardboard boxes now for a little over a year. Hopefully soon something will happen.
Relates because I am helpless without my TARDYs silver hallmark book! [packed somewhere].
And,,usually whatever Tardy does not have the silver forums do! [all my passwords gone] so,,,

*Great work Mikee!! I agree: Robert Dyckerhoff of Pforzheim makes much more sense.

Here's the reverse of a piece of jewelry they made. There's your mark Andy! Thanks again Mikee!

Thanks much, Far from knowledgeable, but a true fanatic when it comes to marks so I recognized that mark right away. Just remember that Robert Dyckerhoff isn't the only one that used the scales mark. I wish we had a thread for all the unknown marks that members have posted over the years. I would love to view them!

I would love to own these! Don't know 100% if period or not but I like them!!

going thru some old files and deleting..

Here's that weird pair I have...

and a Luft pair that stand a chance,,,

I think that on left one are casting balls...

Hap,,,on my laptop they look like they have a chance... On a full size screen I see what could be a dot under eagles neck,,,,and,, now see dots [maybe] on right one [decorative edge]..Actually see a dot on both on the side designs,,but think they are part of the design..
IF someone really wanted them,,,and there was a good return privilege, would be worth to see them in hand..

Very few 'good' rings, and cufflinks out there. With these bad ******** photos all the time sometimes a in hand is the only way...

And,,I don't understand... These sellers are moving a lot of items and /or expensive items and they can't buy a decent camera and practice a bit for the adverts!

I bet there is reason why they "can't afford" good camera Even modern cell phone camera can get decent macro picture...

Hap,u should have seen these links g and I saw at the max...oh man were they stunning...remember g? I think the guy was also selling 2 rings, one with runes...but the ring was iffy at best...these links had an original box and everything...there we were, g, me, dak 41 jus drooling,..going back I think we should have pulled our pennies together for those!! What do u think g?

I don't know Hap,,I'd put my 5 years old Nikon up against any new cell phone!
Even better though than those 2,,,are the USB digital photographic microscopes! They plug into USB ports and boom your taking shots inside of hallmarks ,now days you can get a decent one for under $20 !!!


Byz. , yeah a few good pieces at the MAX. IF I remember right the links were good, but the box was French.. Possible?, maybe!

some shots of a cufflink /tie clip set...

They look fine.

Probably celluloid and crimped in they way they look..

Those are really very nice....I can imagine it's the set for a party bigwig for special occasions, like a gauleiter or something? Do you think it's early, like late 20s early 30s ? (It looks a little Art Deco on the sides of the links)...?

my opinion,,yes,,late 20s, early 30s..

Oh! Wow!
Yes, real nice looking set.
I think too celluloid.

found on a zip drive what appear to be a nice pair of cufflinks! So delete off my zip,,and land them here!
Anyone else with a new pair,,or you can even post a tie bar/clip on this topic,,please do...

What does drv stand for? I just saw a small rectangular pennant at this show today that had the same insignia, a wooden pole (small) and something like "kontrolle" on it?

Never mind I just answered my own question... Cyclist association!

I used to own a pair of these. They were very common years ago.. Now probably rare to find..
Cheap but they did the trick.
Spanish made,,they showed the Spanish, Italian and German [Luftwaffe] emblems..

Here are the reverse. Very simple.. How common were these? Well Manions had them for a while starting bid $60. and they didn't usually go much higher! Wish I had them now!

I have seen this pattern still sometimes in auctions or on spanish Militaria sites.
Nice looking for me.

Photo credits the WAF Political forum:


We've seen this pattern here before. But these are some nice shots so adding them to the topic..

These are 'toggle' type. ,, The reverse:

Oh yes, very nice looking cufflinks.
Thanks for showing.

,,and as per usual for some of these they are made from actual buttons and or button and device manufacturing firm.

Here they are [at bottom of card] on a salesmen's sample board:

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, this is good stuff. :-)

...thanks Gaspare.

Here is my Latvian cufflinks from vet family

Looks like these had (glass? I'm guessing) eyes- I see one stone still left in there

Yeah, only one stone has left, others are gone