A good one or a fake one???

[August von Mackensen]

Hi,

I would like to ask if this is a genuine Juncker piece or not?

The backplate is non magnetic, also the needle, but in Thomas Durantes well known book, this type should have a magnetic needle.

Thank you for your help in this points.

Matt

[August von Mackensen]

Dimensions and weight are as follows:

broad 96,36 hight 25,33
Weight 27,32 g

[Atomic]

I am not sure with this clasp.The obverse details are very soft (parts of the bayonet and grenade,also the eagle).

On the other hand i like the pin and the non magnetic backplate is also a good sign.Crimping of the backplate is looking also good imo.

I tend to a original one,but how i mentioned,i am not sure with this clasp!

Tom can for sure say more!

Regards
Joachim

[August von Mackensen]

Hi Joachim,

Thank you so far, the same with me, its really not so easy with this clasp, what makes me confusing is the non magnetic pin!

So I have to wait for Tom, lets see what comes out at the end!

Kind regards

Matt

[Neusilber]

Tough one for me. The obverse makes me think the base metal is something other than zinc, like a cast metal, but it may be worn and the pics are deceiving me. The back gives me some assurance, but I think I will need to see this one in hand, to draw a better conclusion.

If you can give better pics in natural light, that may help me; unless some of the other fellas can determine based on these pics alone.

[scott3000]

Ill go out on a limb, bad one

[August von Mackensen]

Thank you for your responses here, I also tend to say it is a postwar piece, lets wait for Tom.

Oh, I am sorry, i got no further pictures in the moment

Matt

[Thomas Durante]

Hi guys,

Looks like a fine original to me. I really like the look of the base metal, the finish and also the backplate looks perfectly correct IMO. The fact that it is non-magnetic is also a very good sign.

It is true that this type of Juncker typically is found with a magnetic pin, but Juncker's other CCC variants can be found with non-magentic pins so it is logical to think that there would be some overlap between hardware and variants IMO. There is not always a destinction between variants and exact same reverse hardware, after all to Juncker......a pin was probably just a pin and they didn't care if it was made from steel or tombak.

No problems for me on this clasp, a fine original "transitional" piece.

Tom

[scott3000]

50 50 shot

[Neusilber]

I need a distraction, so I can run away :P at least I didn't completely write it off I just needed to convince myself still.

Glad this turned out to be a good one. Tom knows his stuff!!

And given this, it's a nicely conditioned one.

[all1knew]

I like the hardware and the bubbling to the finish.

William Kramer

[August von Mackensen]

Hi Guys, thanks a lot to everyone who participated here!

Glad to solve this mystery with the help of this team here!

Matt