thoughts on suspect badges

[John Raywood]

Good Afternoon please can any confirm these are pants
HFB has limited triangles at wreath points ,has all 5 windows on bridge,hinge stops at 90o but guilded all over both badges have irregular mm.Eboat no traces of silver on boat but too highly detailed on acorns etc I am 80% sure now that they are pants

[John Raywood]

back

[John Raywood]

front

[John Raywood]

bck

[heinrich66]

Both are fakes, using the wrong base metall, wrong lettering and wrong pin setup

[skip]

Indeed, as fake as they come but these were made to fool unsuspecting collectors.

Skip

[John Raywood]

Thanks thought so

Thanks to you guys

[mrg]

Would agree

[John R.]

badges

Nothing to add but confirmation, both repro, you might want to try in future posts to provide as large an image as possible. The forum has much greater capacity for image size than what you posted. In this case, we can tell since they are so obvious, but if there are small differences in the fakes, or a new series of fakes, we like to get them over to the fake gallery in a format that brings out all the details.

You might want to experiment a bit even with these images and see if you can create a larger image for posting.

Most of us finally come to the conclusion we need a decent photo program, I use Digital Pro, it is a good one.

John

[John Raywood]

Nothing to add but confirmation, both repro, you might want to try in future posts to provide as large an image as possible. The forum has much greater capacity for image size than what you posted. In this case, we can tell since they are so obvious, but if there are small differences in the fakes, or a new series of fakes, we like to get them over to the fake gallery in a format that brings out all the details.

You might want to experiment a bit even with these images and see if you can create a larger image for posting.

Most of us finally come to the conclusion we need a decent photo program, I use Digital Pro, it is a good one.

John

Hi thanks will try and do better I have paintshoppro 8 but would do with a better camera thanks again

[John R.]

well, I gave it a quick try with your image to show you what I mean. THe clearer the image and the larger the image the better of course. You are right, you need to start with a good clear shot to begin with. Especially on Schwerin badges since the maker's mark is so important.

John

[John Raywood]

Thanks again