Treue Dienste gold with silver stamp 800

[me262pilot]

dear collectors, I got offered this very fine badge which is a treue Dienste in gold. It has a silver Stamp "800". Is this a known exemplar ? If yes, what was the intension to make the golden badge from silver ? Thank you for y our help.

[me262pilot]

no opinions to the badge ?

[Antonio Scapini]

It is without any doubt a post war addition.
It is a nonsense.

[me262pilot]

ok..... it is, at least what the material is concerned, possible to find out the density of the metal. I have the same badge once more without stamp, so the stamped version should be more heavy. I will do an investigation for this..... But anyway, I never heard about a silver made beadge for the Treue Dienste.

[me262pilot]

ok.... here is the result, for those who are interested: After I asked the seller for the weight of the supposed "silver"-made badge it has about less then 20 g. My version, which is probably made from brass has 21 g. A silver masde badge would have about 24 g with identical dimensions. For me it was a clear case of attempted fraud.

[Ian Hulley]

For me it was a clear case of attempted fraud.

Does this come as a surprise to you ?

[Peter J.]

Ian, give the man some credit for actually thinking outside the box and adressing the problem accordingly


cheers
Peter

[Ian Hulley]

Ian, give the man some credit for actually thinking outside the box and adressing the problem accordingly


cheers
Peter

Hi Peter, yes, maybe I was being a bit hard on him …

Cheers, Ian.

[me262pilot]

....to be honest. In between I believed the story from a "Juweler-made-exemplar" but to be sure I checked this story with the weight investigation which brought the story to colapse.... Thank you all for your valuable posts !

best greetings