NSDAP Golden Party Pin

[John Pepera]

NSDAP Gold Party Badhe

John,

My point is:

-I saved the pics of the fake badge in January 2004 for my future reference.

-unfortunately I did not save any info where they came from in January

-I have to wonder if I see this badge on offer now if the person who asked for an opinion originally in January and learned that it is a fake is now trying to sell it as an original badge with the same pictures.

-it may be worse, somebody stole the pics from this site and is offering a badge he does not even own. This has happened before.

I hoped Shane could give me an explanation why these pics were discussed already in January.

I am sorry if I hurt anybody´s feelings with my comment. I am just staying alert for our community.

Frank,

Thanks for the clarification and staying astute.

John

[Airborne Nut]

Hey Frank, no feelings Hurt

As for why these pics were already discussed in January, well that is not my department, I never even knew that this piece was already discussed. There are many a member here and I am sure someone else stumbled accross this same badge and decided to ask questions similar to my own.

Here is the site I got the pics from:
http://www.warelics.com/Medals.htm

I had also asked about this dealer in the Collector Community Forum, and seems like a lot of people were on the fence about them so I decided to just forget about all his stuff, as I won't take risks with that kind of money (Can't afford to at 24 years of age.)

That is about as much light as I can shed on the issue, as that is all I have to offer.

If I had half the stuff this guy has on his site I'd be a happy camper

Hope this helps, I think the first thing that set the little alarm in my head off was the construction of the web site. Very Exotic Expensive Items, and a site that is... ...very bland to say the least.

-Shane

John,

My point is:

-I saved the pics of the fake badge in January 2004 for my future reference.

-unfortunately I did not save any info where they came from in January

-I have to wonder if I see this badge on offer now if the person who asked for an opinion originally in January and learned that it is a fake is now trying to sell it as an original badge with the same pictures.

-it may be worse, somebody stole the pics from this site and is offering a badge he does not even own. This has happened before.

I hoped Shane could give me an explanation why these pics were discussed already in January.

I am sorry if I hurt anybody´s feelings with my comment. I am just staying alert for our community.

[CurtD]

He has a DK in diamonds right above the GPB!


The 12 year SS medal below it looks legit (not sure about the ribbon).

[Airborne Nut]

I too saw that DK!

If it were real, boy what a find! Notice the price is not listed, that is like going to a sea food restaraunt for lobster only to find the words "Market Price" beside it.

Think I read somewhere that they were about $70,000.00 or so their estimated value was listed as.

Any clues what these really go for if ever on the market?

-Shane

[der-hase-fee]

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but the badge discussed here, along with a stack of copies of documents related to the awardee, sold today at Ratisbon's. Though the high bidder should have done his/her due diligence, he/she may want to take John's (RIP) assessment into consideration.