3-Dollar Bills! Or, How to get burned on Pilot Badges!

[stogieman]

There's no shortage of fakes around, but here's a couple of newer ones! Don't buy 'em!

[stogieman]

And the reverse:

Anybody recognize the nasty pin/hinge set-up?

[stogieman]

Here's a cute one!

here's a new one....

[stogieman]

oof, Talk about embellishing!

Yikes, the lengths people will go!

[Eric Stahlhut]

Dover in 1915, London in 1917...............hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[stogieman]

Another new one!

Here's an absolute rubbish piece, unfortunately sold by a major US Dealer, who has also been selling quite a few of the old "Ohio Parts Bars" for large money lately... I did not see what this badge sold for, but not only is Wagner unknown as a seller/maker of WW1 Prussian Pilot Badges, but the mark has been copied right off the back of a WW1 Prussian Railway Badge. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on your point of view...) they have failed to accurately reproduce the mark... never mind the other blatant error in this mark!

[stogieman]

reverse of fake Wagner

looks like this:

[stogieman]

fake maker's mark

looks like this:

[stogieman]

a real Wagner plate

Here's a real Wagner plate to compare with...

[Gerd Becker]

What an ugly piece of Sh1t

Thanks for the warning, Rick!

best,
Gerd