Souval frame ?

[Adrian]

Am I correct in saying that Souval was a Swiss manufacturer working in Germany during the Third Reich period, and that his early post war awards were never intended to deceive anyone, for example, his RKs being clearly marked on the front of the frame , and DKs and wound badges with the 'cut out' C clip - features never found on TR awards. It's only later that his items become confused with original WWII items?

Souval was in Vienna, Austria and made awards during the war, why he continued afterwards is because he could, being in Austria and not Germany. I don't know if they were meant to deceive, he couldn't know that 60+ years later the demand for these items was so high so I guess they were made because there was a demand in the post war years. As time went by the demand was still there so they were carried on making them. Like I said, it is just my speculation and maybe someone who knows the real answer will post it here.