LASTFRONTLINE
I am at a total loss about what to do about this character. He is an American Dealer who has been around for a very long time, and initially was a very respected dealer. As of late he has been offering very questionable articles of NVA and MdI clothing for sale, and engaging in the unethical practice of trying to ponder off fake high end NVA, MdI and Stassi Medals and Orders on unsuspecting or naive and uninformed collectors.
I have contacted him in the past and called him out on this to no avail. I have contacted ebay and they also were unresponsive.
Frankly, this is fraud, and I am at a loss as to what to do about it. If anyone knows a recourse or has a viable idea of a way to seriously approach resolution of this situation, I would be extremely interested. It has got to stop. People are being cheated out of their hard earned income and it is criminal.
For example, in addition to the Stassi Medal about which I am going to call him out on this forum, he is also offering an Engels medal that also is crap. These medals upon viewing, obviously originate from the German Dealer heretofore known as Truckdieler. He sells them on his own ebay store site as replicas. But the medals unfortunately are not in any way marked anywhere as a replica.
Our boy Lastfrontline is selling Truckdieler "Engels" medals (already sold a fake bronze); and is trying to sell a gold one [Ebay article 310083287876] for $69.99. While he openly acknowledges some of the medals he is attempting to sell are replicas, such as the gold Bluecher Tapferkeit he is trying desparately to off load, he is not acknowledging that this Engels medal or Stassi Medal also are replicas. Incidentally, the real Engels medal would easily sell for several hundred Euro.
He is now offering a Stassi Medal for $599.00. The selling price obviously is not for a replica. Problem is, that is exactly what it is - a replica.
I do not know what the solution to holding him accountable as a Dealer on Ebay is.
I'm at a quandary.
Anyway, as a serious collector of legitimate NVA and DDR awards and decorations, I felt it my duty to alert all DDR Forum members pursuant the Stassi Medal that is now being auctioned off on this individual's ebay site with respect to the fact it is a replica, and not an original Order as is being falsely represented.
The item number is: 310081594679
Of interest to me anyway, is that while Lastfrontline seems perfectly capable of taking clear and concise pictures of many of the uniforms he sells, and medals he acknowledges are overpriced replicas, he does not seem able or willing to produce similar photos of the high end medals and orders he is trying to sell as original but are not. I've done my best to augment the pictures but he clearly has reduced them so they pixelate if one becomes too inquisitive.
Nonetheless, one of the telling aspects, in addition to the incorrect size of the five sided ribbon, is the observation the end of the hilt of the dagger actually protrudes into the red banner above it. Of course the overall quality of the Order is clearly very poor as well. It is a sand cast medal and not produced from a mold.
Here are pics:
Boxed Medal:
I am at a total loss about what to do about this character. He is an American Dealer who has been around for a very long time, and initially was a very respected dealer. As of late he has been offering very questionable articles of NVA and MdI clothing for sale, and engaging in the unethical practice of trying to ponder off fake high end NVA, MdI and Stassi Medals and Orders on unsuspecting or naive and uninformed collectors.
I have contacted him in the past and called him out on this to no avail. I have contacted ebay and they also were unresponsive.
Frankly, this is fraud, and I am at a loss as to what to do about it. If anyone knows a recourse or has a viable idea of a way to seriously approach resolution of this situation, I would be extremely interested. It has got to stop. People are being cheated out of their hard earned income and it is criminal.
For example, in addition to the Stassi Medal about which I am going to call him out on this forum, he is also offering an Engels medal that also is crap. These medals upon viewing, obviously originate from the German Dealer heretofore known as Truckdieler. He sells them on his own ebay store site as replicas. But the medals unfortunately are not in any way marked anywhere as a replica.
Our boy Lastfrontline is selling Truckdieler "Engels" medals (already sold a fake bronze); and is trying to sell a gold one [Ebay article 310083287876] for $69.99. While he openly acknowledges some of the medals he is attempting to sell are replicas, such as the gold Bluecher Tapferkeit he is trying desparately to off load, he is not acknowledging that this Engels medal or Stassi Medal also are replicas. Incidentally, the real Engels medal would easily sell for several hundred Euro.
He is now offering a Stassi Medal for $599.00. The selling price obviously is not for a replica. Problem is, that is exactly what it is - a replica.
I do not know what the solution to holding him accountable as a Dealer on Ebay is.
I'm at a quandary.
Anyway, as a serious collector of legitimate NVA and DDR awards and decorations, I felt it my duty to alert all DDR Forum members pursuant the Stassi Medal that is now being auctioned off on this individual's ebay site with respect to the fact it is a replica, and not an original Order as is being falsely represented.
The item number is: 310081594679
Of interest to me anyway, is that while Lastfrontline seems perfectly capable of taking clear and concise pictures of many of the uniforms he sells, and medals he acknowledges are overpriced replicas, he does not seem able or willing to produce similar photos of the high end medals and orders he is trying to sell as original but are not. I've done my best to augment the pictures but he clearly has reduced them so they pixelate if one becomes too inquisitive.
Nonetheless, one of the telling aspects, in addition to the incorrect size of the five sided ribbon, is the observation the end of the hilt of the dagger actually protrudes into the red banner above it. Of course the overall quality of the Order is clearly very poor as well. It is a sand cast medal and not produced from a mold.
Here are pics:
Boxed Medal:
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