05-25-2008, 03:37 PM
Aharim,
I did some extra research and found that Metallmärk became Juveelitehas in 1951, they are the same factory. This election was in 1951, and I am not sure if the original badges were under the old name or the new name. It is also possible that the Metallmärk name made the original badges, and Juveelitehas made the badges for replacement delegates to replace people that had died or been removed. In any event, this was the old Roman Tavast badge factory in Estonia that had extremely high quality standards. Because of these high standards, Estonia was allowed to make more of their badges locally than most other republics. Almost every Estonian badge comes from this factory.
And I definitely agree that midnight Saturday on Memorial Day weekend is a bad time for the seller to end an auction for a high end item like this.
Keith
I did some extra research and found that Metallmärk became Juveelitehas in 1951, they are the same factory. This election was in 1951, and I am not sure if the original badges were under the old name or the new name. It is also possible that the Metallmärk name made the original badges, and Juveelitehas made the badges for replacement delegates to replace people that had died or been removed. In any event, this was the old Roman Tavast badge factory in Estonia that had extremely high quality standards. Because of these high standards, Estonia was allowed to make more of their badges locally than most other republics. Almost every Estonian badge comes from this factory.
And I definitely agree that midnight Saturday on Memorial Day weekend is a bad time for the seller to end an auction for a high end item like this.
Keith
