opinion before buying Freikorps items

[Canutt]

what do you think about these two items?
I'm going to buy them but before I'd prefer to have some opinions.

Thank you
Canutt

[Canutt]

HAMBURGER EINWOHNERWEHR

[Canutt]

SOLDATEN-SIEDLUNGS-VERBAND KURLAND

[Rick Research]

Histaria will know. Do you have the reverse of the Hamburg insignia? for some reason, many of the Freikorps insignias are being faked these days.

I hope things like the medal are still safe. (Holding breath! )

[Canutt]

this is the backside scan.

[Rick Research]

Hmm, I guess he missed it since you didn't put the SUBJECT in the subject line. I will change the thread title and see if we can catch him.

It is VERY important to be very SPECIFIC in new thread titles. If a catchy title DOESN'T catch my eye on my Patrol Rounds, I go right on by, unread... and so do lots of people who spend far less time here than I do.

[VerKuilen Ager]

The hollow-stamped pieces are tricky because they look so good. However, the Hamburg has been reproduced for some time and this example shows none of the aging you should expect.

Although kind of small to nit-pick on, the medal has the proper tone (even the ribbon has the characteristic dulling) so, at least at this distance, it looks pretty good.

[Rick Research]

See?

It worked!

Did I hear "ribbon bar" on another Forum?...

[Canutt]

Thank you very much... to all of two.

Mario

[Canutt]

Ok, the Hamburg is fake...
But you mean that the only difference between a fake and a good badge is the effects of the years. There's no other little particular that can help to see the difference?

It's an hard job to collect them...

Ciao
Mario

[Rick Research]

Well, I've never HANDLED one, so perghaps when he passes by Histaria can elaborate on the "feel" that builds up with that experience.

The thing with almost all this type of award or insignia is that they were NOT made by many makers over long years, but were churned out in a "low bid" one time order. There should not be "variants," and there would realistically be virtually no "mint unissued" ones.

Scans are often deceptive in EXACT color and texture, but very few kinds of metal with cheap finishes would survive more than 80 years without some sign of aging.

That's why fakes are usually "cleverly" OVER-aged, trying to hide newness and defects.