PAB 'Rudolf Kernet'. Opinion please

[Alex Ciavaglia]

Hi Gents,
it's my intentions to buy this badge. Because I'm not an eagle in this field of militara i'd like your opinion about it. Does the repro of the 'RK' badge exist or not? After some research i haven't found any tracks of it...
What are your thoughts about?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Alex

[Alex Ciavaglia]

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[Tom Yanacek]

Hello Alex,

That is an original badge.

Best regards,
Tom

[Don D.]

I agree.

[Dennis GT]

I like it too.

Dennis

[Levesque]

Hard to find these PAB's with much of their silver finish left Alex and this is a good example of how most of them have survived the last sixty years or so...by the way the maker is Rudolf Karneth
Dan

[Alex Ciavaglia]

Hi Gents,
many thanks for your answers; i've just bought the badge for my collection which grows with another piece that i consider one of the most beautiful badge that the 3rd Reich was able to made.
Coming back to the Rudolf Karneth, i've readed that this maker sited in Gablonz, made his Panzer badges in cooperation with other two makers sited near his town, using same back shape, same particular hinges and catches maybe to simplify the production. What's there of true in this?
Alex

[Panzer Rob]

Hi Gents,
it's my intentions to buy this badge. Because I'm not an eagle in this field of militara i'd like your opinion about it. Does the repro of the 'RK' badge exist or not? After some research i haven't found any tracks of it...
What are your thoughts about?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Alex

No worries with this one - a nice original

Rob

[Levesque]

Hi Gents,
many thanks for your answers; i've just buy the badge for my collection which grows with another piece that i consider one of the most beautiful badge that the 3rd Reich was able to made.
Coming back to the Rudolf Karneth, i've readed that this maker sited in Gablonz, made his Panzer badges in cooperation with other two makers sited near his town, using same back shape, same particular hinges and catches maybe to simplify the production. What's there of true in this?
Alex

HI Alex,
Yes this is true but I think they shared the same obverse dies( with some changes to the grass area )..there is a great thread on this forum maybe with a search on RK or AS PAB's you might be able to find it.
Dan

[Giel VW]

I agree with the comments above, nothing wrong with it, and still nice with quite some finish left