ANTI PARTISAN BADGE (Silver) Value Needed!!!

[Ed Hicks]

WWII ANTI PARTISAN BADGE (Silver) Value Needed!!! Very fine condition original badge with oxidized face, hollow back and tapered pin...all correct and as it should be...I need a value range for this-low to high.

Thanks for the help.

Ed

edhicks82@aol.com

[Don D.]

Ed, it really depends on condition and finish. it could go from as low as $800 to as high as $12-1400.
Don

[SScollector]

I would say anywhere between $800.00 and $1,500.00

$800.00 - Having very little finish,
and $1,500.00 - Being near mint with 95% finish or more.

Best, Chris

[Frank Heukemes]

I think your minimum price is too low. The vast mayjority of these are quite dull and with little finish left, but they do not sell for 800.- USD, especially not in the US. Maybe a bronze grade, but not a silver grade.

[Gene]

Has this forum turned into an authenication service for dealers?

[Don D.]

What has been authenticated? I haven't even seen a picture posted. Ed got generic anawers to a generic question.
Don

[mads]

Gene,

Even if it was authentication for a dealer, what is the harm?
Better they sell items they are a 100% sure of by testing them here, than selling items they are unsure of.
I have posted items here for a dealer friend of mine several times because he asked for help.
What is wrong with that?

Mads

[Gene]

No ham here. Forget it. The remark about my avatar was not warranted.

[mads]

You are right, I edited it

Mads

[Ed Hicks]

Has this forum turned into an authenication service for dealers?

Gene, I did not intend to be circumspect. I merely needed an approximate value for personal reference. I had recently seen a fine old collection of German medal, orders, badges and tinnies and I looked at a very nice APB. The badge appeared to be 100% (I'll try to post images if I have time before I leave for the Max pics) and had been examined very carefully by a couple of very qualified collectors prior to my involvement. Not having owned one in several years, I was quite curious about the current value. As for being a dealer, yes I am and quite a cautious one at that. I have handled a lot of German militaria over the last 30 years. I am always concerned enough to make an effort to determine originality prior to buying and, subsequently, selling any artifact.