LW breast eagle - what do you think?

[germanmedals]

Hello
I need your help again to identify this breast eagle of LW.Is it OK or a repro?

I can ask for better pictures if you need them. For naw i hope this two will do

thanks

[Jos L C]

Is it makermarked and are there better pictures of the back of the swastika ?

The type is OK, just want to be sure..

Jos.

[germanmedals]

I asked for better pictures. As i can see there is no markermark. I will post them when i get them

[John T]

If you see a single "A" the piece was not TR produced...but if we have a "drgm" also is oki doki =)..so many times you see those eagles with the "A" =/

[Scott C.]

Shouldn't the upper half of integral hinge be flush (or nearly so) with the top of the wing?

[germanmedals]

The situation is like this. This badge i won on an auction site. I wrote to the seller who gives 31 day guarantie on originality, but to avoid expenses i decided to check it first here on WAF. I wrot to him to make me better pictures and his answer was that he was not at home in the moment so i said that I can wait, and naw his answer was that he wont make more pictures cause he has no time for doing this

So i ask you,...is ist possible that this could be a reproduction? Can you determinate that based on this pictures that are published? I could pay the badge and examine it later, but i dont want to argue with him to give me back my money and cover all postal costs.

My opinion is that he is an idiot for saying that he has no time to make 2 pictures,...and that he is trying to hide something.

[John T]

I would do a search on the forum for breast eagle assmann and see if you can find the style with an "A" on the back with no other markings...now keep in mind an "A" on a hollowback version with no other markings is absolutely correct, but not on a flat-back even though others may not agree with me, but I have personally seen these for sale by an infamous faker/distributer for 30 dollars each and I should have bought one just to have but I did not at the time. Once you find the threads with the single "A" on the flatback aluminum pieces match up the piece details with the front of this one and the reverse profile and if they are the same then you may have the same copy. It looks to me like there is an "A" in the picture on the reverse of this one, but it is hard to tell for sure as the picture is fuzzy.

I think that this piece could be okay because from memory the fake single "A" pieces have the assembly to the hinge going all the way flush with the body of the eagle as Scott said...but I am just going based by memory.

J

[germanmedals]

Oh i forgot to mention,...there is no marking on the back! NO "A"

[Jos L C]

To me it looks like the A DRGM eagle, same style..
I haven't seen unmarked ones though, except one, but on that one the mark was almost scraped off in the finishing process..

Jos.

[germanmedals]

Today i got the eagle.

The owner didnt see the markings . It is marked "A DRGM "

[Butch]

Nice original eagle.
On your first picture of the back of the eagle you can just make out the mark (A DRGM).


Gareth,