) in the photograph, does not match. Did anyone else catch this? If you look at the piece of the alleged post that is being sold, and compare it the post in the photo, it is not the same. The shield that is being sold that is attached to the one foot long piece of concrete post alleged to be authentic, is in my opinion one of the replica shields that can be purchased for a fairly reasonable amount of money. In my opinion, it would be cheaper to buy the replica shield separately, and make your own Grenz Post.
) in the photograph, does not match. Did anyone else catch this? If you look at the piece of the alleged post that is being sold, and compare it the post in the photo, it is not the same. The shield that is being sold that is attached to the one foot long piece of concrete post alleged to be authentic, is in my opinion one of the replica shields that can be purchased for a fairly reasonable amount of money. In my opinion, it would be cheaper to buy the replica shield separately, and make your own Grenz Post.
I have just been studying the pics for a while and to me they look like they are the same item??...I probably missed something, but I think that the colour pattern and position of the shield on the colour pattern matches that of the post??..unfortunately, he does not post a close up pic of the original shield still on the post to compare that he has got on the cut off piece of concrete....Cheers, Torsten.
and you can also see that there is a little recess on the section of the post that is being auctioned, where the shield should sit, if it was attached properly, so either this is not an original shield and that is why it does not fit into the recess or he did not re-fit it properly after cleaning the shield and repainting the post, but I cannot imagine that he would hammer around on some random concrete post to create that recess for the shield and then not fit the shield properly, if this was a completely faked item...so, I think that the concrete post section is real, but I am 50/50 about the shield...
sorry to rumble on about this, but once I get into something like this, its difficult to stop, but of course I will graciously accept if proved wrong...
Cheers, Torsten. and you can also see that there is a little recess on the section of the post that is being auctioned, where the shield should sit, if it was attached properly, so either this is not an original shield and that is why it does not fit into the recess or he did not re-fit it properly after cleaning the shield and repainting the post, but I cannot imagine that he would hammer around on some random concrete post to create that recess for the shield and then not fit the shield properly, if this was a completely faked item...so, I think that the concrete post section is real, but I am 50/50 about the shield... sorry to rumble on about this, but once I get into something like this, its difficult to stop, but of course I will graciously accept if proved wrong... Cheers, Torsten.
Cheers, Torsten.
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