Help spange prague burg

[albertofl]

I have seen this one for sale!
Has the letters HC in front as i could expect but also a number 20 in the reverse that i have never seen in one of this.
Original or not?

[albertofl]

Reverse....

[Jean-Claude]

Hi Alberto

I cant help you but I have a few Prague bars and have many in my picture archives and, like you, its the first time I see one with this maker mark and this kind of leaf detail/texture in the shrubs. It will be interesting to learn wht others have to say...

Regards

JC

[bytown]

Doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies.

If it were me I would pass on it.

I know I haven't seen it all but the bushes are totally weird.

Maker mark C.F. Zimmermann

Wayne

[J C Gray]

It may just be the photography, but it has a very 'coppery' look to the metal.

[Antonio Scapini]

I think until further evidences this spange will remain a border line piece. As the others I've never seen one like this before so I can't comment pro or against.
IMO solutions are two: a new fake or a very very rare wartime spange.

As for all the rest of the TR militaria stuff today we should consider original only what we know to have solid backround and solid evidences that support its originality.
This is the reason why some pieces are border-line as for example the "Souval" Bandenkampf.

[luftkrieg]

IMO solutions are two: a new fake or a very very rare wartime spange.

If I had to choose, I would say it's a new type fake. I don't like the detail of this piece, nor the look of the material it's made from (?), and I'm with Wayne on the bushes.

Kind regards
Pierce

[Antonio Scapini]

Pierce, you forgot a very important part of my post!

As for all the rest of the TR militaria stuff today we should consider original only what we know to have solid backround and solid evidences that support its originality.

So I agree with you (until further evidecens will surface...).

[luftkrieg]

Pierce, you forgot a very important part of my post!

So I agree with you (until further evidecens will surface...).

I have not forgotten that part of your post, as I agree with you Antonio. That goes without saying for me.

Best
Pierce