1939 EK2 Spange - Opinions Please

[monty]

Opinions on this no maker clasp please. (One of the prongs has been broken off.)

Thanks in advance.

[Frank Heukemes]

Hi Monty,

Unfortunately I think your spange is a fake. It imitates the first type spange with scalloped number box by Juncker but has straight sides. At least this spange below is 100% fake sold in big numbers by a German fraudster. And whenever I saw one like it (with straight sides), it was a fake:

[Frank Heukemes]

Here is the original with curved (scalloped) sides. Pic credited to Gordon Williamson:

[Biro]

Monty....

Here's one offered a while back by a German dealer that Frank saved my bacon on.

The same...a Juncker modelled imitation.

[Colorado]

What was Weitze's response?