Hello fellwos,
here comes a IAB in Silver with perfect finish. Any thougts about the maker?
Best wishes
Joerg
here comes a IAB in Silver with perfect finish. Any thougts about the maker?
Best wishes
Joerg
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Hi Jürg,
My first impression was whow
what an absolutely stunning hollow IAB.
However after looking a little closer I'm not so fond of it anymore for the following reasons;
1. The design, a known design for massive IAB's but I have never seen it in combination with a hollow badge
2. The way the badge is stamped seems very crude, leaving a lot of waste material arround the leaves.
3. As a result of 2 the leaves aren't cut out at all
4. There is a part missing of the first leave to the right off the wreath band.
5. The eagles paws and claws are a lot less detailed on this hollow version than on the zinkers which doesn't make much sense to me.
6. The non cut-out swas also seems asymmetrical
So at this moment I'm not really a big fan of it.
KR
PhilippeLast edited by Philippe DB; 03-21-2004, 04:45 PM.Comment
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Jurg,
There does seem to be far more flash (un-used material) all the way around this badge. It makes the borders seem "fat" when viewed from the reverse. This reminds me of the fake hollow-back PAB's that are encountered. I've not seen an IAB with these characteristics before.
ChetZinc stinks!Comment
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I did not like from the beginning when I saw the picture before reading other people's comments. However, I am not very good with hollow backs, and tend to stay away from them because there are some good fakes. I passed on a few hollow PAB's that were probably good for the same reason.HCComment
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Hi Joerg,
The box is original though, this is a common 'generic' marble effect patterned box which by all accounts looks in very nice condition, with the tissue paper in it
Kind regards,
MarcusComment
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Dear Marcus,
I know your in to boxes but isn't it a little dangerous to call the box original based upon the little you can see off it in the pictures Jürg posted?
KR
PhilippeComment
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Hello Gentelments!
I think we have discussed this badge not long ago.
If I'm not mistaken we have desided that it is a fake.
This badges in perfect condition & in boxes were sold in big quantity in Kassel
& I think that in Stuttgard there will be a lot of them.
I should say that disign is from Wein's manufacturer.
Maybe I'm mistaken-you can see the pic of the badge with similar disign.
KR,
RomanComment
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Here comes another photo without flashlight - very dark, but the details are shown better. I will take some shots of the case and show them later.Comment
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Roman, you may be right. My IAB comes from another collector and it´s possible he got it from a show. I think I have to give it back.Comment
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Hi Phil,
Yes, I guess on the wiser part of caution in this hobby I should have stated, I'm very confident it's genuine, my mistake there thanks Phil for pointing that out
It looks like one of these.
Kind regards,
MarcusComment
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Dear Roman,Originally posted by Roman
Thats an intersting IAB you just posted. I hope you would agree with me that the design is the same as the IAB's discussend in this recent thread
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ad.php?t=47960
However it's the first time I see this design in combination with an on cut swas. Ones more proof how widely spread design sharing actualy was.
@Marcus, thanks for posting the pics Marcus. I really have to trust your judgement on these boxes bacause I don't now anything about them
KR
Philippe
PS: Roman who is Wein's?Comment
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As promised, here is a shot of the box:Comment
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