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Old 18th December 2012, 08:54
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Re: Need help with eagle/hawk insignia of fuselage of Bf109Es for Jochen Prien book insignia artwork

On the EDIT: SECOND image I believe there is either damage to the fuselage or an anomaly on the photo/neg which is obscuring the roundel. It is clearly the same emblem as depicted in the EDIT: FIRST image which is carrying a roundel. It appears that either the stencils for the more common variation of the emblem (image 4) were lost which meant another emblem artist had to interpret the original emblem, using maybe just paint brushes this time around or he thought he could do a better job and has redrawn the emblem in his own style. For me both styles of the emblem contain the same elements: Eagle/Hawk clutching a damaged roundel in it's talons. The only issue for me on the new variation is the distance between the roundel and the bird. Proportionately the legs and talons are going to be quite long compared to the position and size of the bird.
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