Coastal Artillery badge , rare manufacture or fake ?

[Joe B]

I have had this Coastal artillery badge in my collection since 1993 . I have never seen another marked with the "A" for Assmann .
Please review and give feedback .
Thank you

[Tony Bologna]

bad one for sure

[Joe B]

Why is it bad ?

I have never seen another , good or bad .

bad one for sure

[Norm F]

Hi joecool,

That CA badge is an old cast reproduction of a Juncker CA badge. You can see the similarities on direct comparison (attached) but of course without the maker mark.

That seem "A" mark is seen on various old fakes and sometimes also added to original badges to "enhance" their value.

Best regards,
---Norm

[Norm F]

Here's a fake of the Juncker Flakkampabzeichen with the same "A" mark.

[Norm F]

Here's a genuine P&L Minesweeper but with replaced hardware and the "A" mark added. (This one unfortunately made it into "Tucker's German Combat Awards of the Third Reich", vol. 1 in 2002)

[Norm F]

Unknown maker "half moon" GAB with the same mark added.

[Norm F]

Another example of the fake Juncker Flakkampabzeichen with the "A" mark.

[BubbaZ]

I agree, this CAB is a fake
Cheers,
Hubert