Assault badge authentication please...

[rynegold]

Real or fake? and if real, who's the maker?

[IMG]DSC00306 by rynegold, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Again, thanks for any help.

Regards, mitch

[Stepdale]

Hello,
Could a moderator please help the poster out by moving this to the Heer/SS badges forum?
Thank you,
Dale

[rynegold]

here's some better pix of the eagle's head and talons...

DSC00321 by rynegold, on Flickr

DSC00323 by rynegold, on Flickr

DSC00322 by rynegold, on Flickr

[Stepdale]

I believe it may be a Mayer/Schickle design (see below) but these aren't my specialty so hopefully, someone else will chime in. I also believe it is tombak, which would imply that it is more likely to be a Schickle than a Mayer, but others can answer that better than I can.
Dale

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...r+schickle+iab

[Tom Yanacek]

Hi Mitch,

A straight-on view of the front and reverse would be better than all of these angled views. However, it looks to me like an original by Hymmen & Co. of Lüdenscheid.

I will move your thread over to the Heer/Waffen SS War and Qualification Badges Forum as you will get more opinions there.

Best regards,
Tom

[Stepdale]

Thanks, Tom. Now that I did a search of Hymmen IABs, I seen what you mean and agree.
Dale

[Giel VW]

It's indeed a Hymmen... but is it original, that's an other question. Judging by the patina on the piece I really do not like it. Can you post nice outside photos of obverse and reverse? No close ups.

[Thomas Durante]

Looks like a good Hymmen to me.

I see what Giel is saying, but I just think the lighting is weird and this badge may have been cleaned and/or polished giving it a weird appearance. I feel that if it were in hand, it would look fine. The hardware looks very good to me, so I am confident its an original one.

Tom

[rynegold]

better pics...

DSC00325 by rynegold, on Flickr

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DSC00329 by rynegold, on Flickr