Bka

[Kyle Harrington]

Thoughts on the originality of this gents please, no real expertise on this badge,hence the request for a mate.

Thanks Kyle

[Kyle Harrington]

Reverse

Reverse

[Kyle Harrington]

Pic 3

Pic 3

[Kyle Harrington]

Pic 4

Pic 4

[upbeek]

Details look soft!
I can see casting evidence and the pin looks strange

Kind regards Chay

[Kyle Harrington]

Rough detail

I have already offered my opinion but I needed more informed advice, the back rim is uneven and haphazard so to speak.

Thanks Kyle

[upbeek]

Kyle
The rim is usually uneven on originals and in this case it looks off, this example wants to be the juncker type but isn’t convincing
Chay

[Kyle Harrington]

Thanks mate

As you say some of these BKA's look rough as opposed to earlier medals.

[e-maus]

Hi guys
I have a different opinion. I like this badge. IMO good Juncker type 2
Jacek

[kaiserwilhelm2]

I like it more than I do not, however some details could be judged as somewhat soft. Better detailed pics would help to decide on the latter. A difficult one. If it would turn out to be fake, it would be the best one I have seen up to now. Leaning however towards original.

[Medals45]

I agree with Clay detail is soft in some areas. I could not match the pin tooling mark with any originals. Mark on originals is longer. The skull also looks off also.

John

[vacollector]

I have to side with the statements about this badge being fake. If details are way too soft.

[e-maus]

The topic fell asleep, but me still don't know the answer. Maybe Antonio will look here
Jacek

[Antonio Scapini]

Pictures are terrible. Pixels are visible and so we cannot understand the real shape of many details.
Anyway I don't like what I see. The obverse details are soft, too much soft, and the back side shows some scaring similarities with a known cast fake BKA...
Furthermore the finish (even with that flash light) looks very suspicious.
With only these pictures I would 100% pass on this badge.
Too many red flags in one time.

Anyway, if you can have some better pictures (including the catch and the hinge) in daylight, we could make a better analysys.

[Tony K]

cast

Looks like a cast fake.