This badge looks fine to me but I always like another opinion. Opinion on the Flak badge welcome to.
Thanks, Mike
Thanks, Mike
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Hi Mike,
Cannot comment on the flak but the fleet badge is well known and common fake unfortunately.
Cheers,
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Agree, HSF is a fake. JohnComment
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Hi Mike,
As mentioned, this Fleet badge is one of an older series of fakes complete with fake maker marks. They are posted quite often to it's a good idea to show the whole series in one thread for future reference.
First, the "R.S.&S." Fleet badge like yours.Last edited by Norm F; 03-09-2018, 02:43 PM.Comment
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Next, the "f.o" Destroyer.Comment
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And here's the "S.H.u.Co." Coastal Artillery fake.Comment
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Thanks for the replies Gentlemen. I appreciate it.Comment
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These were popping up so often that WAF member Earl Miller, back in 2007, subjected the CA badge to X-ray fluorescence elemental analysis, proving that they were made of modern cartridge brass, not Tombak.Comment
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They were also paired in the past with fake packets -- a pretty elaborate deception.Comment
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...and the CA badge with same type of packet.Comment
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Although unproven, it's possible there's a generational link between this series of fakes and the "Cave Creek" line of fake Schwerin badges.Comment
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Another example of the fake R.S.&S. packet.Originally posted by Norm F View Post
Best regards,
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Here are two generations of fake U-Boat packets apparently from the same source with the same font but different iterations of "1939". Before the internet, junk like this could spread through shows and collections like wildfire -- the heyday for fakers.
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Hi Mike,
The High Seas Fleet Badge is a well-known fake.
But the Luftwaffe Flak Badge is an original in zinc by Gustav Brehmer of Markneukirchen.
Best regards,
TomMihi libertas necessest!Comment
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