04-08-2018, 07:15 AM
Thank you for your reply. This does sound like a possibility as just today, I found this article doing a google search. It's attached as a photo. It says that during WWII, the US also manufactured millions of buttons, without dates, and sent them to the USSR! But I bet they were regular, enlisted men's buttons. I can also understand that the US might not have understood the banners, if they made the coat of arms ones as well, but East Germany sure would have known better. Plus my button is dated 1954 and the other only one I've seen is now on "escam" dated 1953 from the same factory, wherever that is. The seller has it listed as a 1953 Soviet Button, but in her description says it has only 15 banners but it also has 17 like mine. The strange thing is you would think that they would have for sure gotten the button coat of arms made correctly for a Marshal or General! These were not just ordinary enlisted men's buttons, right?! But unless someone knows of the factory 0T7 that is on the back of the button, we may never know the truth. This has been a fun experience! Thanks all for your input.
