Tank Badge 50, or is it ??

[Laurence Strong]

Thats a scary one. As soon as your membership kick's in you will be able to post piccies. That's one of the benefits of membership.

[Ludwig]

Ouch! That hurt...

[paddywhack]

do a sure under PAB25/50 and youl see that your "badge" is a NOTHING like a real one!!!!but welcome to the forum!

[Furher]

Thanks for the welcome, i look forward to the future on the forum, i just googled the panzer assault 50, and the detail in mine is all there, while it is very well worn, due to age, be it fake or not,
i noticed some of the others have the rivets like mine, i wonder why they are present on this badge, if it is all one piece, i also seen that not all of the badges i clicked on had the 25/50/75/100, as seperate pieces aswell, some of them appear to be cast
so still i have not seen any real definate proof, of this badge not being an original, if it is not, it must certainly be one of the early repros, and i am sure it would have been just as nice as those other ones with the fresh paint that come in 3 parts

still waiting to sign up fully, to enable attachment of photos, it will be interesting to here the oppinions on the other items, especialy this pocket watch, would any one mind posting it on the forum while i am sorting out my account, i can email it to them, or would this go against forum rules?

[paddywhack]

actually thats mad i just noticed your from Ireland!! any who pm sent and nope its not against the rules for members to post ofter peoples pics

[Don D.]

Thanks for the welcome, i look forward to the future on the forum, i just googled the panzer assault 50, and the detail in mine is all there, while it is very well worn, due to age, be it fake or not,
i noticed some of the others have the rivets like mine, i wonder why they are present on this badge, if it is all one piece, i also seen that not all of the badges i clicked on had the 25/50/75/100, as seperate pieces aswell, some of them appear to be cast
so still i have not seen any real definate proof, of this badge not being an original, if it is not, it must certainly be one of the early repros, and i am sure it would have been just as nice as those other ones with the fresh paint that come in 3 parts

still waiting to sign up fully, to enable attachment of photos, it will be interesting to here the oppinions on the other items, especialy this pocket watch, would any one mind posting it on the forum while i am sorting out my account, i can email it to them, or would this go against forum rules?

You had best train your eye because yours is not even close.

[Justin P]

The Proof is out there that your Pab 50 is a Fake/Repro, Plenty of respected Members with Good soild No how!! have pointed out the red flags


You might find this Handy for Reference

http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Galleries/Medals.html

Regards

[Flemming]

Without being and expert on numbered PAB's I would say this is a bad repro. It lack all the details you would expect to see on an original one. Even the hardware on the back is not even close to what you would expect to find.
Everything looks wrong on this one.

But if you are happy with it, so be it, it is in your collection. But I do not want it in mine, that is for sure.

Just my two cents.

/Flemming

[Furher]

Yeah it is nice to have, it has a real feeling of history about it, and if all the detail is there on the front, then it is good enough for me.

[Don D.]

How does a fake acquire the feeling of history? Sorry, but it appears you are either in denial (we've all been there) or have attached some significance to this fact in lieu of a real one....

[jambobbyb]

Yeah it is nice to have, it has a real feeling of history about it, and if all the detail is there on the front, then it is good enough for me.

This piece is laughable i dont mean to be rude or harsh with my reply but this is not even close to an original, I feel it might be worth posting up the most commonly found numbered PABS for furher to take a look at as this thing is a downright crude copy its that bad i cant even work out which type its trying to imitate.
Here is my 25 GB hollow back with a side by side comparrison.

[münster]

Don, I think you need to examine the piece in hand.

[Don D.]

Dion, Stevie Wonder could see that this one is horrible.
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[Justin P]

Hi Jambobby

I'm afraid the one on the left is a well known Fake!! The one in the right cleary shows signs of age and ware

[münster]

Dion, Stevie Wonder could see that this one is horrible.
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It just says to me Afrika Korps,,I can just hear the sand whispering off it!