Does Anyone Know.......

Saturday, June 12, 2004 by MGiff | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Does anyone know what this is? I know the translation but I can't determine the what, when, where or why of it.

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MGiff
Reply #1 Saturday, June 12, 2004 4:37 PM
There is such a diverse group here, education and culture wise, that I hoped someone would recognize it.

aufisch
Reply #2 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:13 PM
I have never heard of "Hirth" Engines, so I have no clue what to what kind of engine this badge was attached to.

Sorry

Chickie
Reply #3 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:27 PM
Looks like dog tags.

aufisch
Reply #4 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:30 PM
Uhhh yes, but it says "Tool-badge 489" on it......... strange name for a dog

MGiff
Reply #5 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:39 PM
Heehee, "here tool-badge 489!" "here, boy!" heehee

MGiff
Reply #6 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:41 PM
I do know that my grandmother was a riveter during WWII, this was in her stuff. Hirth started building plane engines in the 20's but I really doubt she was helping build German planes back then!

aufisch
Reply #7 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:45 PM
Maybe she got it from a plane that was shot-down and she kept it as a souvenir?

What is a "riveter"?

yrag
Reply #8 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:45 PM
It's a Manufacturer's tag for a gear

kona0197
Reply #9 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:46 PM
What is a "riveter"?


People that put planes together by riveting them together.

teddybearcholla
Reply #10 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:49 PM
http://www.aati.com.au/hirth-engines.htm

google search

aufisch
Reply #11 Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:49 PM
could it be then that parts from german planes were reused?



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MGiff
Reply #12 Saturday, June 12, 2004 6:35 PM
Ooh. I would hate to think that, it would mean only one way of getting the parts to reuse!!!

Good link teddybearcholla, that means the tag dates to pre-war! I would still like to know what the number is, maybe it could tell me what part it came from. Time to research!

Ande
Reply #13 Saturday, June 12, 2004 7:17 PM
MGiff to me they look like tags that go with large type split pins. These pins are ed into various parts of engines to stop those parts from moving during transportation or storage.
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Ande
Reply #14 Saturday, June 12, 2004 7:21 PM
(These pins are ed) i cannot get INSERTED into the above sentence?
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Ande
Reply #15 Saturday, June 12, 2004 7:26 PM
Or in post 14???? >

MGiff
Reply #16 Saturday, June 12, 2004 7:49 PM
Ande, that really makes sense! I guess we were using German engine parts in WWII?

Ande
Reply #17 Saturday, June 12, 2004 7:56 PM
Don't think so MGiff, but they could have come from engines shipped to the USA prior to WW2 for whatever reason.

NightTrainthedark
Reply #18 Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:04 PM
Now the secret of how the USA supplied the germans with there weapons is out. You really screwed up history on this one Mgiff.

Jafo
Reply #19 Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:08 PM
For starters....Dornier flying boats were used by the allies in WW2...

MGiff
Reply #20 Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:12 PM
Flying boats??????????? When I did my term paper on WWII I must not have been too interested in that aspect!

Haha, NightTrain, let's see what happens next!

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