Silver Anti Partisan Badge

[Joseph D'Errico]

Hello Ken,The usual, vertical and horizontal.Take two sets, obverse and the second set reverse. Use a micrometer .



Best,

JD

[Frank Heukemes]

As suspect as the detail might look, it should always be remembered that the intensity of the detail varies a lot among originals of these badges. There are razorsharp ones and softer ones. After all, these badges were CAST.

[Don D.]

You are correct Frank and hopefully the weight/measurements will put this one to rest. Like I said at the beginning it could be a problem with low resolution photos and I hope that is the case. I don't like being burned with a bad badge nor seeing a fellow collector burned.
Don

[Brian S]

Frank

I'm not sure what you mean by other castings?
Here are more close ups.

Don't those look like weak shear marks from a die? And in cast copies these shear marks still exist but are soft?

IMHO this is a cast copy of a badge not created from an injection method but from a die stamp.

[Ken B.]

Here's what I came up with.

Weight- 1oz.
Width- 48.64 mm
Height- 57.49 mm

[Brian S]

As suspect as the detail might look, it should always be remembered that the intensity of the detail varies a lot among originals of these badges. There are razorsharp ones and softer ones. After all, these badges were CAST.

Please tell me why a CAST example has shear marks as from a die?

[Frank Heukemes]

I am not sure what I see there are exactly shear marks.

[Ken B.]

Take a look at the APB in silver on this website from WA. The one on the website has the same split in the leaf on the right side as the one I photo'd


http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/war_...isan_badge.htm

[Brian S]

Just vertical marks left from the creation of the image. Possible. They are very uniform.

[Don D.]

I just measured mine. It is 59mm x 50mm and weighs 26.2 grams.

[Ken B.]

So there no answer with my badge being almost identical to the one on the Wehrmacht Awards badge indentification page?

[Frank Heukemes]

I think there will be no 100% conclusion reached in this thread. The odds are: likely good but possibly still bad. It is hard without hands on inspection to be sure with that very badge you show. Because of the lack of detail it is not one which makes you feel positive about it at an instant.
Keep it and make sure to show it "LIVE" to as many knowledgeable people as possible.

[IVAN]

Hi,

I'm sorry but I think is not an original piece for all the right thoughts said before and for some other parts that miss details, for example the end of left border at 12.

Would be help to have a big photo of lateral of part I circumscribed to see the " pyramide" form of svastika

[Joseph D'Errico]

Hi Ken,


I think the piece has raised enough issues that you should consider getting a better example. I expressed my thoughts in your best interests.

Best,
JD

[Ken B.]

Here are the lateral photos.