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#257234 01/04/2012 11:59 PM
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Here is something I would like to share with you guys,

A new pick up out of the woodwork,

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Wow,
I've never seen one of those. The artwork is beautiful. Very nice.

Rich


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When I was in the army in Germany in the mid-1960's, the police had similar paddles. No Swanstucker, of course.

Those artifacts are great, we are focused on daggers,etc, but a lot of period items like this are good to see.

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Hello,

Nice looking piece. Nice looking eagle. Is it painted on the tin work, or is it a decal? I know these are EXTREMELY hard to find and are reproduced in great numbers. Yours appears good to me, and appears to match regulations, although having never handled a real one it is only an opinion on my part.

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This one is the metal version with decals,
There seems to be different types of paddles,
Some with a white area behind the swas.
And some made of cardboard.

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looks very nice , & hard to find.
now for anyone wanting one , Be Very cautious ! a bid time dealer had a bunch of these 6 months ago. He never said they were original ,just used a question mark. he sold them all for big money.
I thought no good, but what do I know.....
I like this one a lot, very good condition too.
a million years ago ,I had one that folded in half for storage in the vehical.
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Jeff,

How much did they sell for?

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many years ago a company called Northstar [later USM] made paddles just about like this if not exactly.. Don't know if this is one but just putting it out there.. If I can find any of my old paperwork about it I'll put it up.

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seek and yee shall find:

http://usmbooks.com/zeichenstab.html



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here is another one from Johns Page

You have to scroll down to see it

http://www.germanwarbooty.com/other.htm

and here is a very interesting thread,

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/s...ddle&page=3

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actually it was a different dealer ! his were higher in price.
now I can't recall the company name (I do not book mark dealers on my computer).
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Hey Zoza,
Just came across this and thought I would share. http://www.johnnyg.westhost.com/flags-plus-4.html This one is $760.00 but yours is much better shape.

Rich


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Hi Rich,

Thanks for your post!!!

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