Krimschild

[Roman]

Hello Gentelments!

What is your opinion about Krimschild?

KR,
Roman
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[Roman]

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[Pascal H.]

Quite a few shields you posted here for opinions. Let me first start with the bad news.
This first Krim shield I don't like. I reminds me a lot of a well known fake. One way to spot these fakes is by the two different "4"s in the date.

KR
Pascal

[Roman]

Thanks Pascal,
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[Patrick W]

Pascal, would you be able to post a picture of one of these fakes? I have an identical shield with no cloth backing that came in an LDO cellophane bag. The bag is original and very brittle. The shield itself has a very nice bronze finish which is perfect apart from spots of verdigris like corrosion that have formed on the highpoints, I would think from being in contact with the cellophane. From what I have seen most pieces that are still in original cello packets have corroded in some way due to the break down of the packet material.

I have seen a number of these shields with the mismatched 4s on various dealers sites and have never had cause to doubt them. Toby R at Das Reich has one for sale on Luft backing right now.

Best, Patrick

[Pascal H.]

Here is the fake Krim shield which Romans shield reminded me of. This picture is from Frank H.

Patrick is it possible that you post a picture of your shield?

KR
Pascal

[Frank Heukemes]

In my opinion Roman´s shield type is the role model for the fake that Pascal shows. I am observing Roman´s shield type now for a while and at this point in time I think it is original. The main difference with these lies in the eagle´s head. The supposed originals have a nice, strong and characteristic eagle beak, while the beak on the fakes is more like a sparrow beak. Also the difference in the 4´s is much more evident on the fake (right 4´s vertical line protrudes much more under the horizontal line of the 4). This is less different on the fake.

Here are two I consider good:

[Frank Heukemes]

second (this meets stuntman´s description)

[Frank Heukemes]

The next ones I consider to be fakes. Very close, but slightly different (beak, 4s and some other small things):

First is the one Pascal already showed, I post it again to have it close to it´s reverse. Which is kind of another proof for it being bogus:

[Frank Heukemes]

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[Frank Heukemes]

Another one from Mike Tucker´s site (from the "fakes" section there!)

[Frank Heukemes]

reverse Tucker shield

[Frank Heukemes]

another fake (same seller as first example)

[Frank Heukemes]

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[Frank Heukemes]

reverse of that shield, not it has the same backing material as the Tucker shield and also a "Panzer" black backing like Tucker´s to make it even more desirable. Again to avoid misunderstandings: the shield I refer to is in Tucker´s Authentic Militaria fake warning files and not for sale there!)