opinions please Infantry sturm abzeichen (IAB)

[beerlover]

Hi guy's

Can you please let me know what you think about the following
Infantry Assault badge ??
It looks good to me but I am not an expert.
Thanks

[beerlover]

And the back side

[Hans N]

This type have been discussed before and the conclusion was then, and still is IMO, bad ones.

Here is next of kin to this particular one

[beerlover]

Hans ,
Thanks a lot for the info. I don't collect award in particular and every I every day I am getting more surprised how good the copies are. This is realy a shame and there is nothing we can do.

[Robert P.]

I talked with a fellow collector recently who told me he carries with him a 'book' of sorts to the flea markets. In it he has pages screen printed from the forum of all the various IAB's, originals of course, to reference. I thought this was a really good idea. He made his own reference book.

Robert

[Hans N]

A friend of mine takes his laptop with him...

[Robert P.]

A friend of mine takes his laptop with him...

The best tool there is.

Robert

[hcliffe]

Talk about high tech! We collectors must really use all the latest technical gadgets to help us avoid fakes. My thoughts were to have the images and descriptions available on a PDA (PalmPilot, Blackberry, Trio etc.) and carry that around. Small device, easy access, but not sure the image resolution is good enough on those yet.

[Graeme]

I agree with Hans on this one.

If buying from fleamarkets etc, you really need to know your area thoroughly. That way, obvious fakes can easily be discarded.

cheers
Graeme

[Don D.]

I used to have a folder with full page printouts of every good PAB, in color. Now I use my PDA. It allows me to view the complete badge or magnify specific areas.

[Robert P.]

I used to have a folder with full page printouts of every good PAB, in color. Now I use my PDA. It allows me to view the complete badge or magnify specific areas.

Down here in SE Washington State the closest thing we can find at a flea market to a TR PAB is a WWII US Good Conduct Medal or a Marksman's shooting badge. There is 'zilch' in the way of TR collectibles on this side of the State. It's all on the westside. If we walked into a flea market with a laptop they'd all think we were lost.

Robert

[hcliffe]

So Don, your PDA images have good enough resolution to pick out specific areas? Sounds neat, what PDA do you have?

[Den]

I used to have a folder with full page printouts of every good PAB, in color. Now I use my PDA. It allows me to view the complete badge or magnify specific areas.

Maybe I'm being ignorent but what's PDA ?

regards. Den

[Bruce Simcox]

Hi Den......

......If I remember correctly it stands for:

Personal Data Assistant

If I'm incorrect......AHHHHHHHH

[Don D.]

So Don, your PDA images have good enough resolution to pick out specific areas? Sounds neat, what PDA do you have?

I have a Dell Axim.