need help on this badge

[ckkyt003]

please help advise, Is it original or just a fake one?

[Darrell]

please help advise, Is it original or just a fake one?

Reverse pic would help. So far looks promising.

[ckkyt003]

here is the back

and could you help to check the maker of it please?

[kokstok]

That's a Souval copy, the catch is the give away.

[Darrell]

That's a Souval copy, the catch is the give away.

Yepper.

[ckkyt003]

thank you guys above. Could you give some more knowledge about the problem? Is it a total fake badge or just the catch was made to be like Souval maker?

Thanks indeed

[wh014d4394]

thank you guys above. Could you give some more knowledge about the problem? Is it a total fake badge or just the catch was made to be like Souval maker?

Thanks indeed

you dont need one. my good sir. post war crap.to fool the GI. and the british troops post 45

[ckkyt003]

Thanks for all your help.

[Mike Kenny]

This catch indicates Souval post-war production (mid 50s onwards from what I've heard) - pure and simple.

Regards
Mike

[wh014d4394]

This catch indicates Souval post-war production (mid 50s onwards from what I've heard) - pure and simple.

Regards
Mike

souval was a good conman.soon after the war ended.he relised the GI ect .wanted a war souvenir.so being an enterprising conman used his original dies in hand.are made new ones??? not wanting any comeback to himself.he stoped using his maker mark and catch???? so the badges would not lead back to him. and this was just months after ww2

[ckkyt003]

souval was a good conman.soon after the war ended.he relised the GI ect .wanted a war souvenir.so being an enterprising conman used his original dies in hand.are made new ones??? not wanting any comeback to himself.he stoped using his maker mark and catch???? so the badges would not lead back to him. and this was just months after ww2

Thanks Jimmy, would u like to post some photos of the an original souval example, so we could see the difference.

Regards

[wh014d4394]

sure my good sir.the reason souval did not put mm ect.on his crap.was his wish not to get 12 months in the pan if caught

[ckkyt003]

thanks Jimmy

yes, it's quite funny that souval modified his design post war. hmm, besides some difference in details, there are also two obvious differences on the eagle wings (the wings of the fake attached on the circle of leaves) and the head of the boat (real one is out of the circle while the fake is inside. Is the fake one shy ).

[ckkyt003]

http://www.ww2medalsbadgesandinsigni...-Combat-Badges

Is the one in the middle quite similar to the fake one?

[DaveNZ]

http://www.ww2medalsbadgesandinsigni...-Combat-Badges

Is the one in the middle quite similar to the fake one?

i cant see how to to view the reverse of these badges