RK GAB for review

[HuD]

Hello everyone,
just got an unmarked gab that i identified as a Rudolf Karneth, my concern is the rear side where the details of the cut are very crude!
Is the badge right?
Many thanks,
Stefano

[HuD]

here you have a shot of the other side

[HuD]

and a last pic with pin open, thanks for looking and comments

[Eddie]

Hi Stefano,IMO its a reproduction.

regards,

Eddie

[stewy]

I'm with Eddie,a fake IMO sorry. Stewy

[HuD]

Guys, thanks for the feedback. Can please you tell me some little more about it?
It is just because of the bad cut details or maybe some other trouble with catch and hinge? It was pretty convincing on front...
Stefano

[Eddie]

Hi Stefano,for me reverse looks bad,than flow on the grenade,also 9 o'clock on the left side is missing part of the leaf.

i hope this helps,

kind regards,

Eddie

[Eddie]

Hi again Stefano,here is pictures of die A and die B of same ball hinge variant.
as you can see the line of the leaf is there yours dont have it.

Die A

[Eddie]

Die B

[HuD]

Thanks again Eddie, the missing line on the leaf is clear enough.
I was not informed of repros with the ball hinge... well good to know.
Hummm so many pretty good fakes around, ah?
Cheers,
Stefano

[Thomas Durante]

Ciao Stefano,

I can only agree with the others, this is a Staegemeir reproduction. They are well made and with pics its hard to be sure. But it is good to know that when you get such a badge in hand, there are certain signs that you yourself got that something just wasn't quite right with it. The texture of Staegemeir fakes, the finishes and the differences in reverse hardware are all hard to see on pics, but in hand you can tell something is just off with them.

Tom

[HuD]

That's correct Tom, even without any confidence in knowledge, i kind of had a bad feeling since the beginning...
Well, another knot to remember.
Many thanks,
Stefano