Fantasy pieces ...

[Matthieu]

Since posts are somewhat on the low side lately, I decided to do something "fun" .....

So, gentlemen, here you can post all the fantasy and crappy made 57ers you can find across the World Wide Web .
I hope this will be a fun thread ( and suitable for info as to what NOT to buy ).

I'll start off with this DKiG with diamonds off eBay ( where else ).

[Matthieu]

And another priceless eBay find ... High Sees Fleet Badge with diamonds .

[LuckyLuudje]

Ebay is full with those:

[Mike Yokum]

How about this pretzel mit brillianten?

[LuckyLuudje]

Nice one Mike,

But it is also very funny to see how fakes are being converted and modified to fool the collectors of 57 items.

It is not news that fakes are being denazified.
But when I saw an RSS badge with hardware that I never saw on a RSS badge I had to look twice before I noticed why I got a very weird feeling.

[Mike Yokum]

Now that's an interesting badge!

Reichsadler but no swastika. The faker can't make up his mind to make a TR piece or a 57er!

[MaxxBrunn1938]

Nice one Mike,

But it is also very funny to see how fakes are being converted and modified to fool the collectors of 57 items.

It is not news that fakes are being denazified.
But when I saw an RSS badge with hardware that I never saw on a RSS badge I had to look twice before I noticed why I got a very weird feeling.

OMG!!!! Its of the very RARE Battleship "Admiral Ludendroff" that was so Secret durning the War cause it capsized and sank due to the double conning tower....

Joe

[LuckyLuudje]

OMG!!!! Its of the very RARE Battleship "Admiral Ludendroff" that was so Secret durning the War cause it capsized and sank due to the double conning tower....

Joe

[Peter Wiking]

Note that the conning tower has been Photoshoped! Digital manipulation with Copy and Paste.

Peter

[Mike Yokum]

Excellent obeservation Peter!

Note the identical "wear" points on the double conning towers.

[Mike Yokum]

This seller jams eBay with these fine pieces which no one on this forum would fall for.

I love the beading especially. He seems to sell under two names and only with one name does he declare "repro." Perhaps there is a second seller that offers identical items that does not call them repro's. I'm not sure.

[Matthieu]

This seller jams eBay with these fine pieces which no one on this forum would fall for.

I love the beading especially. He seems to sell under two names and only with one name does he declare "repro." Perhaps there is a second seller that offers identical items that does not call them repro's. I'm not sure.

Dont you know, Mike, that this is the very rare "special beading screwback " ...

[LuckyLuudje]

or this ugly cross:

[Mike Yokum]

I picked up on that one too my friend. Gotta love "elitemilitaria!"

Here's the equally ugly backside...

[Mike Yokum]

Even photos get faked.

I bought this as an original wartime photo of a Panzer RKT only to find out later it's fake!