DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN ADLER, 27″ (68cm) TRAIN EAGLE BY ‘PS’ LOK 680
A fabulous Original Deutsche Reichsbahn train eagle (Adler) manufactured by ‘PS’. Uncleaned and unpolished, it looks quite spectacular, in most occasions these eagles have been polished to within inches of their lives, which of course removes all that fabulous patina and history, this one is quite ‘dusty’ looking, and with lots of dark areas in creases, pits and crevasses within the design, could be soot, or paint, but it is part of it’s history. This Eagle still has all of its threaded posts on the back which are uncut, and all the same size, 1,3/8″ (3cm) along with two of its original nuts. It is a 27 inch wing span version, but actually measures out, tip to tip, at 27,1/4″ (69.2cm), and 13,7/8″ (35.2cm) form the top of the head to the bottom of the wreathed swastika. The detail is amazing overall, with a superb wing feather structure, and wreathed swastika, the eagle’s beak is pinpoint sharp! The reverse carries all the identifiers, including maker mark, which is an impressed circle with a ‘P’ above an ‘S’, this manufacturer is still quite elusive as even after considerable research the actual factory hasn’t become clear, further marks are for the eagle size ‘LOK 680’, metal element compounds ‘GAL-Mg-Si’ (Galvanized Aluminum, Magnesium and Silicone), and then to the center is ‘LOK’ over ‘RZA 5’, over ‘BLN’.
A superb example of an original DR Eagle, becoming very hard to find in original condition, an absolute must have for the Deutsche Reichsbahn or Third Reich collector, no collection is complete without one of these!
