Can anyone ID this Badge?

[mgm159s]

I have another post under IAB, and I have several items I am trying to verify if they are correct or something I do not know the authencity of it. I also have the PAB, and a Torpedo that was all sent to me from Germany by my Borther In-law that he bought from a dealer. Two are marked (the torpedo, and the PAB, but I have clarification of them. The torpedo had 8H or H8 on it, and the PAD has RS on it? At any rate here is the unmarked Luftwaffe badge. I have a whole lot of marked stuff I will be selling, but want clarification on these first. Has anyone any documented verification of the authencity of it? Thanks for any replies or comments. Here is the front, and backside follows.

[mgm159s]

Can Anyone ID this Badge

Here is the backside of it.

[Joe D]

This thing is just ugly.

[mgm159s]

Badge

I agree with that, as why I was asking. Doesn't quite solve the problem other than sort of what I may have already suspected. It is odd shaped that's for sure.

[Joe D]

It looks like someone took a reproduction "Pilot's" badge and rotated the bird in order to make an "Aircrew" badge.

[mgm159s]

Exactly. My first thought was why is this not oval and round? Beat the heck out of me when I saw it. My brother In-law meant good, had good intentions, and this guy has been a reputable dealer in Germany for God Knows who he bought it from. He had another odd item, and a torpedo I have never seen before? All of the rest of my items came from Springfield, MO from my doing German Script translations. I know that they are certainly good items. But on this one I certainly think something is remiss.

[mgm159s]

Feedback

Wished I had gotten a little more feedback on this one. Looks to be of old original materials, and of exact period, Although the pin and latch makes me wonder. I am just wondering if perhaps it is in somone's books, and I have something remiss on this one? Appreciate it if anyone finds it in one of their books to send me a PM. Thanks for any help, Mike

[Marc Garlasco]

Nothing period about it! I didn't chime in because I thought the other guys answered. If that is a period eagle I am a chick...

[Don D.]

Fake as a $3 bill.

[mmiller]

Nothing period about it! I didn't chime in because I thought the other guys answered. If that is a period eagle I am a chick...

Lookin' for a Date .

[Darrell]

Lookin' for a Date .

[emilitaria_usmc]

The back is horrific! The eagle looks like it has huge casting sprues or a platform for soldering the rivets on the back. If the wreath was rotated 90 degrees the wreath would probably cover the "sprues." This badge looks like it was soldered together from unfinished parts. The question is - are the parts original or not. The hinge looks like crap. Maybe this badge was intended to be a joke.

[Don D.]

This is a cast fake of Polish origin. Note the cast in hinge. You could probably bend this one very easily.

[mgm159s]

No bending

This is a cast fake of Polish origin. Note the cast in hinge. You could probably bend this one very easily.

I appreciate all of the replies. It is not bendable, it is as thick as a PAB or so. I was just wondering if something was remiss on my part, as far as if it was some other kind of collectable I was not aware of perhaps. Flak88 wrote he thought the others had answered this question. No not quite, indicating it is ugly is not a complete answer to what I was asking. I was wondering if perhaps it had a special place somewhere in text form. At least this response here is the best I have had so far - thanks on the Polish indication. I am not trying to pass it off or sell it, just trying to find some answers. The rivets got me too, and makes me wonder where the other parts came off of. Strange one it is that's for sure.

[Gene]

There is nothing strange or odd about this one. It is a complete fake with nothing about it even close to the badge it purports to be, the 1935 Aircrew badge.