ss dog tag?

[sscrooge]

hi, i have had this tag for ages and bought it as genuine ,it looks old to me but i am definetly no expert , hopefully i am right and its ok

[sscrooge]

tag

closer view

[sscrooge]

tag

rear

[Frontalschaden]

Hello

I hope you haven`t paid to much for it.

It is a bad fake !

See: Drilled holes (Trennschlitze)



MfG Fronti

[Gaspare]

these were all over Manions a few years ago . They look pretty convincing,,many were sold...

[sscrooge]

tag

thanks for the replys even tho its not what i wanted to hear i bought it from poland for £20 not a great deal of money but enough now i know its a fake regards dave

[christof]

Fake

I'am sorry but this ID tag is a very poor quality fake

[Jokka]

thanks for the replys even tho its not what i wanted to hear i bought it from poland for £20 not a great deal of money but enough now i know its a fake regards dave

Just buying from Poland is a red flag itself, unfortuanally

[mr.dogtag]

Hey Jokka,
What do you mean by Buying from Poland it's a red flag itself?
Is something wrong with us ? Have you bought so many items from here?
Is also Manions.com or Ebay.com/Ebay.De/Epier.com also Polish sites? Or maybe one can't buy fakes there? Fakes can be bougt dependless on location. It's just a question of one's experience. I admit that one can buy almost perfect fakes in Poland. But one is buying these not from Poles but just from dishonest people and these you can find in Poland, Germany, US or Norway. So please don't generalize because it's simply unfair and shows some predjudice of yours. And I hope and strongly belive that most of the people here aren't really interested about that.

Speaking about tag itself - I belive it's a fake.
All best
Al

[PHILBROWN]

hello fronti, explain how you know the holes are drilled please. what to look for, is it the burrs on the reverse??? cheers, phil.

[mr.dogtag]

Well, it's well visible on the pictures. You can find the drill holes in the end of the Trennschlitzen slits. One did it and than cut out the slits with jig-saw. Bit labour consuming to me. I wonder why people put so much effort into productio of such a c.r.a.p., especially that the prices for these aren't that high.
Cheers
Al

[PHILBROWN]

thanks for the reply al. i thought fronti meant the holes for the thread,that cleared up , thanks again. phil

[Matt L]

The neck cord and bottom holes do look to be drilled too- there's a little raised edge around each one suggesting the hole was drilled from the other side.

Matt

[Jokka]

Hey Jokka,
What do you mean by Buying from Poland it's a red flag itself?l

Sorry, didn't mean to offend anyone.

There's nothing wrong with people from Poland, but in my surroundings (dagger collectors) it's a known fact that a lot of fakes comes from (and probably are made) in Poland. So buying from Poland is a red flag because it's more likely to be a fake. Please look up the meaning of "red flag".

PS: Polish free fighters was some of the toughest fighters during WW2, they did a hell of a job after they was invaded as we (Norwegians) also was

Lets all be friends

[mr.dogtag]

Ok, no problem.
I guess the fakes are all around. I guess one can find lot's of them in Germany, Spain or UK. But in these cases buyers are bit sceptical. When buying in Poland people expect to discover lots of genuine items from people wo don't know the value. Well if one is thinking that he is some 30 years too late. So probably the bigger is the disappointment. The fakes circulate from Poland to Germany ( like tags or poor badge fakes) Czechia to elswhere ( soldbuchs, WP, etc) Germany to elswhere ( edged weapons, badges, poor ID tag fakes, etc).
Generally I'm thinking twice wherever I'm buying, because most of fakes are advertised as originals dependless if in Germany or Poland.
Cheers
Al