'57 Panzer Assault Badge "200"

[TMurray]

Check out this piece of junk
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SCARCE-WW...item2a1ab5d3fe

[Tom B]

YES Junk !!!

Boy it sure is a piece of JUNK !!!! That guy in Australia is a ebay "commando" ! His stuff is typical of ebay crap, but some how he sells alot of it. His Knights Crossess are are total joke ! I'm done. I know all of you guys already knew this, but I JUST had to say it ! Tom

[Mike Yokum]

Just to help define "junk" the PAB in the eBay listing is an S&L produced piece IMO. Us hard core 57er guys would not consider it collectible because of the era in which it was manufactured. We prefer the early stuff, 1958 to 1965, though the earlier the better, as it was more likely to have been vet owned. We have seen a few (two that I recall) groupings with provenance, comprised of later pieces.

The scariest part of this Australian sellers auctions is the prices he asks! That PAB should sell for around $60US IMO and he's asking a bit more!

[Tony T-S]

What's most troubling is that he has a 100% rating. That's a lot of happy people buying ordinary stuff

[LuckyLuudje]

Just to help define "junk" the PAB in the eBay listing is an S&L produced piece IMO. Us hard core 57er guys would not consider it collectible because of the era in which it was manufactured. We prefer the early stuff, 1958 to 1965, though the earlier the better, as it was more likely to have been vet owned. We have seen a few (two that I recall) groupings with provenance, comprised of later pieces.

Fully agree.
But for me the scariest is that it has the "200" number.
That makes it for me a fantasy badge!

There are honest grouping that have badges made in the same era.
But I hardly doubt that you will ever find a PAB200 in an honest grouping unless the person is/was a "wannabe".

[Mike Yokum]

But I hardly doubt that you will ever find a PAB200 in an honest grouping unless the person is/was a "wannabe".

Absolutely correct Luud! Thanks for adding what I should've stated.

[Mike Yokum]

What's most troubling is that he has a 100% rating. That's a lot of happy people buying ordinary stuff

Indeed Tony! What's the old saying? "A fool and his money are soon parted."

[TMurray]

Scary thing is the effort he goes to to trick potential buyers, for something worth a few $'s he writes pages of crap supposedly supporting his items!!

[LuckyLuudje]

Indeed Tony! What's the old saying? "A fool and his money are soon parted."

Nice expression, and like an old friend once said to me: "there is a fool born every day".

I will post the pictures for future reference.

I just posted a badge to compare to show the difference with this badge and a badge from the earliest manufactoring to show the difference in quality:http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=582137

[George L]

Lots of "bling bling" for a pimp to wear with this one...

[Mike Yokum]

Lots of "bling bling" for a pimp to wear with this one...

The tanks got 22's on it! PIMPED!

[Arthur Spooner]

Damn, thats rollin'

[George L]

Mike, now, that's a straight up DONK ride, which for the folks that don't know is putting those stupid wheels on a crap car!