A badge for review?

[slavo76]

Hello,
someone of Experts who can say more about it?Regards

[tompress]

It's Deutsches-Feld-Ehrenzeichen, WW1 veterans badge

https://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/we...enzeichen.html

regards
Tomasz

[rbminis]

Quite a bit of information on this award has been posted here.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=544074
Either this one has had the hinge, pin and catch replaced, or it is a copy.
Ralph.

[Chet Sowersby]

Ralph,
I read the thread you referenced and got educated a bit today as I was in the dark concerning this badge. In that thread another member mentioned he had witnessed five different sets of hardware. Could this not be one?

Chet

[Jean-Claude]

Quite a bit of information on this award has been posted here.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=544074
Either this one has had the hinge, pin and catch replaced, or it is a copy.
Ralph.

Always liked this design too but I agree with Ralph: replaced hardware...

Not sure if I ever saw all 5 different hardware variations mentioned in the reference thread but since there was only 1 maker of these I doubt he would obliterate part of his own name/maker mark with oversize hardware on one variant and avoid doing so on the others.

JC

[fredswiss]

Here’s my example for comparison purposes:

[rbminis]

Ralph,
I read the thread you referenced and got educated a bit today as I was in the dark concerning this badge. In that thread another member mentioned he had witnessed five different sets of hardware. Could this not be one?

Chet

Thanks Chet!
As I have not seen all of the variants mentioned, I can not say for sure, maybe best to ask that member, I believe his name is Brian.

As this award was not normally known to be worn during war time, I just can not see the need for such a large base plate for the hinge or catch, I can't think of any other original award that has such a large base on such a small badge. It just doesn't make sense when all of my examples have the hinge and catch soldered directly to the reverse of the award.
Ralph.

[Franjo Vuk]

Badge which has started this thread is fake IMO, although it can be completely ****ed up genuine example, either way I would pass on that item.

Best regards,
Franko

[tompress]

Yes, pin-set looks really strange, and the proportions are odd. What are dimensions of this badge? And may be better, sharper pictures are available?

regards
Tomasz