Stalingrad Pin??

[andya]

Hi
I have come across one of these stickpins for sale and would like to know if they are period pieces or pure fantasy. Done a forum search and only came up with the following post which did not get an answer:
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.net/foru...stalingrad+pin
Has anyone any knowledge of these
thanks in advance
andy

[andya]

the rear

the rear

[mr. triatic]

i'd say pure fantasy

[djpool]

i'd say pure fantasy

I posted the thread you cited.I've since found out the pins are pure fantasy.Jim

[andya]

Many thanks
I shall tell the seller what to do with his pin
regards
andy

[mrg]

Hi Andy like England winning the world cup and me scoring the deciding goal with a 40 yarder, just pure fantasy. All the best

[Kev G]

... and I guess I got the same one then ...

[Hans N]

Hi guys,

was is it that makes these fakes?

[tystgaard]

Pin

Its not pure fantasy. Original ones where for shoulder boards

The pin I can not say anything for sure. But my guess would be that this pin is not original. But try doing some research under the name Stalingrad cross...

Nicolai

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...alingrad+cross

[Jochen1000]

Don't be too sad if you have one of these.

I was in Germany at a fair recently where one of the dealers had one of these pins. Suddenly a guy he seemed to have met before came along and they chatted a bit about RAD badges. Then the guy took the Stalingrad pin, both said something like "it is coming straight out of Poland" (the German term for "it is fake" ) and laughed. But surprisingly the guy still bought the pin for almost EUR 100 - which seemed quite a hefty price to me.
I take it he just liked the item for what it is and personally I also find it quite pretty.
If you get one for a few (!) bucks - why not!?

[Kev G]

Don't be too sad if you have one of these.

I was in Germany at a fair recently where one of the dealers had one of these pins. Suddenly a guy he seemed to have met before came along and they chatted a bit about RAD badges. Then the guy took the Stalingrad pin, both said something like "it is coming straight out of Poland" (the German term for "it is fake" ) and laughed. But surprisingly the guy still bought the pin for almost EUR 100 - which seemed quite a hefty price to me.
I take it he just liked the item for what it is and personally I also find it quite pretty.
If you get one for a few (!) bucks - why not!?

"Kaum gestohlen, schon in Polen ... " jaja

Thanks for sharing this info - interesting!

I will keep it - it would be ridiculos to let it go for what I 'bought' it ... really!

And by the way - yes, it still is a very nice pin!