close combat clasp gold

[SpanischeSS]

Can anyone help on this badge I tried to scan it will not get the back at all because of the clasp. Maker is FLL. I will try and get a digital camera for the back.

[SpanischeSS]

2nd photo

clasp

[SpanischeSS]

3rd

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[Don D.]

Hard to tell from these pics but I think the color is off and the catch looks thin to me.

[Tom Yanacek]

Hello,
Sorry, but this clasp is a well-known fake that has been around for at least ten years or more.
Best regards,
Tom

[Thomas Durante]

Common reproduction that is unlike original FLL clasps.

Tom

[ardennes1944]

Hi,

I agree with the other , fake.

phil

[Ludwig]

Crap!!!

[Dennis GT]

One of the first fakes I ever got, I hope you can return it, I could not. But that was before I found the WAF!!

Dennis

[SpanischeSS]

I paid $150 and, I thought, I was getting a deal. The guy that sold it to me is based out of Arizona and is an older man in his early 60's he sells all kinds of third reich militaria. I will look for his card.

[SpanischeSS]

Faking makers marks

How can they fake the makers mark on this badge it looks so authentic the FLL mark????? This is why, I do not buy badges in the past because, I never could tell. I need to do more homework in the future.

[Don D.]

I paid $150 and, I thought, I was getting a deal. The guy that sold it to me is based out of Arizona and is an older man in his early 60's he sells all kinds of third reich militaria. I will look for his card.

You thought you were getting over on the poor old guy ($150 for a $2000+ badge) and in the end you got taken. Ironic, isn't it?

[tinmantis]

apart from everythign else, I thought that the backing plates on these were gold too?
regards
jon