Oak leaves with swords?

[lauraly]

Just wondering what a fair price is for this, if it is indeed an original? Any opinions?

cheers

[Erickn]

Hi,

Even in the fuzzy images these do not look right.

E.

[MrSmith]

Probably worth about $20, you can pick them up at the gun shows or on ebay.

[lauraly]

What are the tell tale signs that this is a fake so I know what to look for?

[Dietrich Maerz]

There is no need to learn all fakes. The best approach is to learn the real thing. Since there were only two variants of the real oaks and oaks with swords this is not an impossible task.
And then everything that does not look like these two is not the real deal.

[Franco]

Hi
Because its such a poor copy,I would say its virtually worthless.

[moonstomp]

I quater machine prize.

[Pierre]

IMHO when considering to buy this kind of stuff a wise investment would be buying a book published by a young collector (I am kidding ) The Knights cross of the Iron cross (B&D Publishing).
The answer is on pages 284-285 = keep your money for something better.
Only problem with this book I am carrying everywhere I go for weeks: its weight.

Pierre

[Steiner63]

My copy is starting to get that well read and used look, its probably the book I read the most at the moment.

[ChrisJ]

Good

Hear Hear...I second everything thats been said....

The piece in question is so bad, its laughable.

The sad thing is that people get ripped off every day on "on line" auction robberies like e-bay for this type of cr$$p, and when they try to recovered their money e-bay/PalPal hide behind the "free market place" excuse.


The answer is ...buy from Germany (or from a good US dealer), and pay the correct price..or a "good price" thats a little lower (and be suspicious of anything less)

[Edgar Estrada]

There is no need to learn all fakes. The best approach is to learn the real thing. Since there were only two variants of the real oaks and oaks with swords this is not an impossible task.
And then everything that does not look like these two is not the real deal.

That for example is somenthing totally NEW for me. Thanks for the information. I think in order to learn about this two variants I should buy a book (you know which one). Well, I wish someday I would do it.

But thanks for the information anyway.

Hehehehe I wonder what those variants were and look like.

Regards

Edgar

[Jørgen E]

Buy the book, you won't regret it!

I have two :-S

[Ludwig]

There is no need to learn all fakes. The best approach is to learn the real thing. Since there were only two variants of the real oaks and oaks with swords this is not an impossible task.
And then everything that does not look like these two is not the real deal.

So all L/12-marked sets are fakes?
And all L/21-marked, too?
I think it´s a little bit too early to say that.