Spot on: IMPERIAL FAKES!

[joe campbell]

i LOVE the red/green patina...

it's so.... aged looking.

thanks for the great pics!

joe

[Bobby lee]

Here are a couple of 'goodies' I have kept over 15 years as examples of 'quality' badges. The wound badge had a pin like the sub badge. We live and hopefully we learn.

[Bobby lee]

reverse

[stogieman]

High quality, but fake EK1

One piece, buntmetal, die-stamped! Maker marked deschlerSohn, just below the catch on the reverse. Exactly 43mm. X 43mm.

[stogieman]

Reverse of the EK1

here's the back. Note the hinge, pin and catch

[JensF.]

Rick, does this cross match the polish copy shown above?
Btw. they appear very often at german ebay; usually as a "Sammleranfertigung" (collectors copy) and are good for a reenactors uniform.

[Frosch]

Repro MG sleeve badge

Currently on offer at MilWeb at http://www.militariaweb.com/d/lot.cfm?lotID=3016410 for Euro 35 is the following MG sleeve badge:

[Frosch]

Second attempt at uploading the images:

[Frosch]

And the reverse:

[JensF.]

How can you identify it as a repro?

[Frosch]

Identifying the repro MG badge

Good question, for which I don't have an answer.

In the original auction (which will disappear after a while), the seller decsribed the piece as:

Sehr schöne KOPIE eines MG Armabzeichen. R.S: C.E. Junker

Since I am reluctant to believe that somebody will knowingly offer a high-quality reproduction as a copy, when in fact it is not, I can only asume that the seller knows where it came from.

Does anyone know more about these frighteningly good copies?

/David

[JensF.]

A FAKE Mecklenburger MVK 1. class (repost of Bobby Lees pics). Watch out for this type of pinback on Oldenburg, Braunschweig and Mecklenburger 1. class crosses!!!

[JensF.]

Back:

[JensF.]

Oldenburg Friedrich-August Cross 1. Class FAKE! This cross is NOT magnetic!!!

[JensF.]

Remember this PINBACK!