Dollar Cuff

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

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Most likely dug up from a WW1 battle field.

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

Maybe it should be given a more suitable burial then....

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

Might have been a WW II burial but I'm pretty sure they were not around in 1918.

For the money (way way low cost I'm thinking) it would be worth it to see how well you could clean it and such. The lock case does look pretty shot and they weren't too well made to start with. Also looks like a round/tube key, which people here will tell you is the more common than the flat key.

Also look at the bright side. I don't think there was ever one seen (here anyway) with even the smallest amount of plating (they were made to lead groups of prisoners, no fashion sense), so your not losing that battle either.

Elliot

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

I have seen many more dollar cuffs show up on Italian Ebay than on German Ebay.

This, combined with the fact that the barrel key version of the cuff takes a double bitted key and so does another Italian swing through cuff as well as the padlocks they used on prisoner wrist chains has always had me wondering if the cuff was not Italian in origin.

BTW, the other Italian cuff I mentioned is also gun black and was never plated. Just like the dollar sign cuffs.

Of course I have no way to prove my suspicion but it has been in the back of my mind for many years now.

Certainly the fact that one was dug up in Germany does lead one to think it is of German manufacture but the Germans were allies with the Italians.

As well, the Italian Bagno screw down cuffs have a little tab for the fixing of a padlock and chain to connect to a gang of prisoners and the dollar sign cuff also has a tab for such a purpose.

And then there is the rigid design for positioning the hands pointed away from one another; just like the way the Bagno is used.

I may be way off base here but I thought I would throw it out there anyway.

Just food for thought.

S.S.

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

There are several postings in the past about the Dollar Cuff. One of them is

http://www.network54.com/Forum/261154/m ... hird+Model

Ron

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

@Anom: there are no WWI battlefields in Germany. This war was not fought on German soil.

Otherwise:http://www.network54.com/Forum/261154/m ... hird+Model

Best regards and happy new year!
Guenter

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

The seller sent me this information:

"Hi,i found the cuffs in Berliner war debris.The war debris partly in Potsdam unloaded".

Ron

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

there are no WWI battlefields in Germany. This war was not fought on German soil.

Tannenberg, 1914. The site is now part of Poland.

Masurian Lakes, two battles, 1914 & 1915. Also now in Poland.

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

Hi Dennis,

you are right - my fault. I should have written "Germany in its current borders".

What I wanted to clarify is that the seller - who is most likely a detectorist (a guy who goes treasure hunting with a metal detector) - did not dig out this cuff on a WWI battlefield - presumed that he hunts in Germany.

Best regards,
Guenter

This cuff is on eBay. The seller is in Potsdam, Germany. Due to the condition of the cuff it looks like it has been buried or stored poorly for many years.

Maybe this is a clue that the cuff was indeed made in Germany.

Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Org-German-Handcuff ... 1e6099d872

Ron, please email me. Send your phone #. Thanks, John bushey