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LDO maker marks on German WW2 medals and awards
LDO =
Leistungsgemeinschaft Deutscher Ordenhersteller
(Guild of German awards manufacturers)
| LDO mark | maker | city of the maker |
|---|---|---|
| L / 10 | Deschler & Sohn | München |
| L / 11 | Wilhelm Deumer | Lüdenscheid |
| L / 12 | C.E. Juncker | Berlin |
| L / 13 | Paul Meybauer | Berlin |
| L / 14 | Friedrich Orth | Wien (Austria) |
| L / 15 | Otto Schickle | Pforzheim |
| L / 16 | Steinhauer & Lück | Lüdenscheid |
| L / 17 | Hermann Wernstein | Jena-Lobstedt / Thüringen |
| L / 18 | B.H. Mayer | Pforzheim |
| L / 19 | Ferdinand Hoffstätter | Bonn |
| L / 21 | Förster & Barth | Pforzheim |
| L / 22 | Glaser & Söhne | Dresden |
| L / 23 | Julius Maurer | Oberstein |
| L / 24 | Fritz Zimmermann | Stuttgart |
| L / 25 | A.E. Kachert | Wien (Austria) |
| L / 26 | Klein & Quenzer | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe |
| L / 50 | Gebrüder Godet & Co. | Berlin |
| L / 51 | E. Ferdinand Weidmann | Frankfurt am Main |
| L / 52 | C.F. Zimmermann | Pforzheim |
| L / 53 | Hymmen & Co. | Lüdenscheid |
| L / 54 | Schauerte & Höhfeld | Lüdenscheid |
| L / 55 | Rudolf Wächtler & Lange | Mittweida |
| L / 56 | Funcke & Brüninghaus | Lüdenscheid |
| L / 57 | Börger & Co. | Berlin |
| L / 58 | Rudolf Souval | Wien (Austria) |
| L / 59 | Alois Rettenmeyer | Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| L / 60 | Gustav Brehmer | Markneukirchen |
| L / 61 | Friedrich Linden | Lüdenscheid |
| L / 62 | Werner Redo | Saarlautern |
| L / 63 | G.H. Osang | Dresden |
| L / 64 | F.W. Assmann & Söhne | Lüdenscheid |
| L / 65 | Franke & Co. | Lüdenscheid |
| L / 66 | A.D. Schwerdt | Stuttgart |
Please note that many German medals and awards have other maker marks than the LDO numbers listed above and many don't have maker marks at all. Even (original) awards, mostly pin-on decorations like the Iron Cross 1st Class can be found with two different maker marks (one on the pin and one on the award). Also note that copies nowadays are also very nice stamped with LDO numbers, maker marks etc. so a maker mark does not indicate the origin of a medal.
Präsidialkanzlei suppliers numbers
| mark | maker | city of the maker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deschler & Sohn | München | |
| 2 | C.E. Junker | Berlin | |
| 3 | Wilhelm Deumer | Lüdenscheld | |
| 4 | Steinhauer & Lück | Lüdenscheld | |
| 5 | Hermann Wernstein | Jena-Lobstedt / Thüringen | |
| 6 | Fritz Zimmermann | Stuttgart | |
| 7 | Paul Meybauer | Berlin | |
| 8 | Ferdinand Hoffstätter | Bonn | |
| 9 | Liefergemeinschaft Pforzheimer Schmuckhandwerker | Pforzheim | |
| 10 | Förster & Barth | Pforzheim | |
| 11 | Grossmann & Co. | Wien (Austria) | |
| 12 | Frank & Reif | Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen | |
| 13 | Gustav Brehmer | Markneukirchen/Sa | |
| 14 | L. Christian Lauer | Nürnberg | |
| 15 | Friedrich Orth | Wien (Austria) | |
| 16 | Alois Rettenmeyer | Schwabisch-Gmünd | |
| 17 | Schwerin & Sohn | Berlin | |
| 18 | Karl Wurster K.G. | Markneukirchen / Sachsen | |
| 19 | E. Ferd Weidmann | Frankfurt am Main | |
| 20 | C.F. Zimmermann | Pforzheim | |
| 21 | Gebrüder Godet & Co. | Berlin | |
| 22 | Boerger & Co. | Berlin | |
| 23 | Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Heeresbedarf in der Graveur- und | Ziseleurinnung / Berlin | |
| 24 | Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Plakettenhersteller | Hanau | |
| 25 | Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur- Gold- und | Silberschmiedeinnungen / Hanau | |
| 26 | B. H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt | Pforzheim | |
| 27 | Anton Schenkls Nachfolger | Wien (Austria) | |
| 28 | Eugen Schmidthäussler | Pforzheim | |
| 29 | Hauptmünzamt | Berlin | |
| 30 | Hauptmünzamt | Wien (Austria) | |
| 31 | Hans Gnad | Wien (Austria) | |
| 32 | Wilhelm Hobacher | Wien (Austria) | |
| 33 | Friedrich Linden | Lüdenscheid | |
| 34 | Wilhelm Annetsberger | München | |
| 35 | F.W. Assmann & Söhne | Lüdenscheid | |
| 36 | Bury & Leonhard | Hanau am Main | |
| 37 | Adolf Baumeister | Lüdenscheld | |
| 38 | AG MuK | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 39 | Rudolf Berge | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 40 | Berg & Nolte | Lüdenscheid | |
| 41 | Gebrüder Bender | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 42 | Biedermann & Co. | Oberkassel bei Bonn | |
| 43 | Julius Bauer & Söhne | Zella-Mehlis / Thüringen | |
| 44 | Jakob Bengel | Idar/Oberdonau | |
| 45 | Franz Jungwirth | Wien (Austria) | |
| 46 | Hans Doppler | Weis/Oberdonau | |
| 47 | Erhard & Söhne A.G. | Schwäbisch Gmünd | |
| 48 | Richard Feix | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 49 | Josef Feix & Söhne | Gablonz a.d. neisse | |
| 50 | Karl Gschiermeister | Wien (Austria) | |
| 51 | Eduard Görlach & Söhne | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 52 | Gottlieb & Wagner | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 53 | Glaser & Söhne | Dresden | |
| 54 | Gebrüder Wegerhoff | Lüdenscheid | |
| 55 | J.E. Hammer & Söhne | Geringswalde | |
| 56 | Robert Hauschild | Pforzheim | |
| 57 | Karl Hensler | Pforzheim | |
| 58 | Artur Jökel & Co. | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 59 | Louis Keller | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 60 | Katz & Deyhle | Pforzheim | |
| 61 | Rudolf A. Karneth & Söhne | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 62 | Kerbach & Österhelt | Dresden | |
| 63 | Franz Klast & Söhne | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 64 | Gottlieb Friedrich Keck & Sohn | Pforzheim | |
| 65 | Klein & Quenzer A.G. | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 66 | Freidrich Keller | Oberstein | |
| 67 | H. Kreisel | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 68 | Alfred Knobloch | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 69 | Alois Klammer | Innsbruck (Austria) | |
| 70 | Lind & Meyrer | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 71 | Rudolf Leukert | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 72 | Franz Lipp | Pforzheim | |
| 73 | Frank Möhnert | Gablonz a.d.Neisse | |
| 74 | Carl Maurer & Sohn | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 75 | Franke & Co. | Lüdenscheid | |
| 76 | Ernst L. Muller | Pforzheim | |
| 77 | Bayererisches Hauptmünzamt | München | |
| 78 | Gustav Miksch | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 79 | Matthias Kutsche | Attendorn | |
| 80 | G.H. Osang | Dresden | |
| 81 | Overhoff & Cle | Ludenscheid | |
| 82 | August Prager | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 83 | Emil Peukert | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 84 | Carl Poellath | Schrobenhausen | |
| 85 | Julius Pietsch | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 86 | Paulmann & Crone | Lüdenscheid | |
| 87 | Roman Palme | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 88 | Werner Redo | Saarlautern | |
| 89 | Rudolf Richter | Schlag bei Gablonz | |
| 90 | August F. Richter K.G. | Hamburg | |
| 91 | Josef Rossler & Co. | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 92 | Josef Rückert & Sohn | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 93 | Richard Simm & Söhne | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 94 | Ossenberg-Engels | Iserlohn | |
| 95 | Adolf Scholze | Grünwald a.d.N. | |
| 96 | Robert Klein | Wien (Austria) | |
| 97 | A.E. Kochert | Wien (Austria) | |
| 98 | Rudolf Souval | Wien (Austria) | |
| 99 | Schwertner & Cle. | Granz-Eggenberg | |
| 100 | Rudolf Wachtler & Lange | Mittweida | |
| 101 | Rudolf Tam | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 102 | Philipp Turks Witwe | Wien (Austria) | |
| 103 | August G. Tam | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 104 | Hein. Ulbrichts Witwe | Kaufing bei Schwanenstadt (Austria) | |
| 105 | Heinrich Vogt | Pforzheim | |
| 106 | Bruder Schneider A.G. | Wien (Austria) | |
| 107 | Carl Wild | Hamburg | |
| 108 | Arno Wallpach | Salzburg (Austria) | |
| 109 | Walter & Henlein | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 110 | Otto Zappe | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 111 | Ziemer & Söhne | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 112 | Argentor Werke Rust & Hetzel | Wien (Austria) | |
| 113 | Hermann Aurich | Dresden | |
| 114 | Ludwig Bertsch | Karlsruhe | |
| 115 | Richard Sieper & Söhne | Lüdenscheid | |
| 116 | Funke & Brünninghaus | Lüdenscheld | |
| 117 | Hugo Lang | Wiesenthal a.N. | |
| 118 | August Menzs & Sohn | Wien (Austria) | |
| 119 | Alfred Stubbe | Berlin | |
| 120 | Franz Petzl | Wien (Austria) | |
| 121 | Imme & Sohn | Berlin | |
| 122 | J.J. Stahl | Strassburg | |
| 123 | Beck, Hassinger & Co. | Strassburg | |
| 124 | Rudolf Schanes | Wien (Austria) | |
| 125 | Eugen Gauss | Pforzheim | |
| 126 | Eduard Hahn | Oberstein/Nahe | |
| 127 | Moritz Hausch A.G. | Pforzheim | |
| 128 | S. Jablonski G.m.b.H. | Posen | |
| 129 | Fritz Kohm | Pforzheim | |
| 130 | Wilhelm Schroder & Co. | Lüdenscheid | |
| 131 | Heinrich Wander | Gablonz a.d. Neisse | |
| 132 | Franz Reischauer | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 133 | Otto Schickle | Pforzheim | |
| 134 | Otto Klein & Co. | Hanau | |
| 135 | Julius Mosersen | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 136 | J. Wagner & Sohn | Berlin | |
| 137 | J.H. Werner | Berlin | |
| 138 | Julius Maurer | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 139 | Hymmen & Co. | Lüdenscheid | |
| 140 | Schauerte & Hohfeld | Lüdenscheid | |
| 141 | Sohni, Heubach & Co | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe | |
| 142 | A.D. Schwerdt | Stuttgart |
German awards manufacturers letter codes
| mark | maker | city of the maker |
|---|---|---|
| A | Assmann & Söhne | Lüdenscheid |
| AGMuK | Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff | Gablonz a.d. Neisse |
| AS | Adolf Scholze | Grünwald a.d.N. |
| A.W.S. | Arno Wallpach | Salzburg (Austria) |
| BSW | Gebrüder Schweiger | Wien (Austria) |
| C.E. or CEJ | C.E. Junker | Berlin |
| CW | Carl Wild | Hamburg |
| WH | Walter & Henlein | Gablonz a.d. Neisse |
| JFS | Josef Feix & Söhne | Gablonz a.d. Neisse |
| FZS | Fritz Zimmermann | Stuttgart |
| S.H.u.Co | Sohni, Heubach & Co | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe |
| R.S.S. | Richard Simm & Söhne | Gablonz a.d. Neisse |
| R.S. | Rudolf Souval | Wien (Austria) |
| fo | Friedrich Orth | Wien (Austria) |
| W.H. or W.H.Wien | Wilhelm Hobacher | Wien (Austria) |
| FLL or FLL43 | Friedrich Linden | Lüdenscheid |
| H.A. | Hermann Aurich | Dresden |
| GWL | Gebrüder Wegerhoff | Lüdenscheid |
| F&BL | Funcke & Brünninghaus | Lüdenscheid |
| H&CL | Hymmen & Co. | Lüdenscheid |
| G.B. or G.B.42 | Gustav Brehmer | Markneukirchen / Sachsen |
| R.K. | Rudolf Karneth & Söhne | Gablonz a.d. Neisse |
| R.R.S./R.R.&S. | Rudolf Richter | Schlag |
| üü | Unknown (seen on Infantry Assualt Badge) | |
| W | E. Ferdinand Wiedmann | Frankfurt am Main |
| PM | Paul Meybauer | Berlin |
| F.C.L. | Frank & Co. KG | Lüdenscheid |
| EH | Eduard Hahn | Idar-Oberstein a.d. Nahe |
| JB & Co. | Julius Bauer & Söhne | Zella-Mehlis / Thüringen |
| w | Karl Wurster KG | Markneukirchen |
| STL | Steinhauer & Lück | Lüdenscheid |
| o | Steinhauer & Lück | Lüdenscheid |
| KM or KMM | Köningliches Münzamt | München |
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