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    #1

    Luftwaffe eagle

    Gentlemen,

    need your help in this piece. not sure if its a good piece. the prongs look too thick for me and the front detail looks very intricate.

    Your learned opinions please. thanks

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    #2
    Hi,

    Not familiar with cap eagles too much, but I recommend you move your thread over to the Uniform/Insignia Forum for better results. Good luck!
    Tim

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      #3
      Hello there,

      I don't like this one.

      William Kramer
      Please visit my site: https://wehrmacht-militaria.com/

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        #4
        Originally posted by all1knew View Post
        Hello there,

        I don't like this one.

        William Kramer
        Could you be a bit more specific?
        Interested in hand-stitched EM/NCO LW insignia and cuff-titles
        Decorations of Germany

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          #5
          Originally posted by Richard Gordon View Post
          Could you be a bit more specific?
          Hello again,

          Well the reverse prongs looked odd at first and it could be original, but heavily polished.

          William Kramer
          Please visit my site: https://wehrmacht-militaria.com/

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            #6
            thick round prongs

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              #7
              the prongs do look think and as mentioned in my first post, i find it most suspicious.

              they could have been resoldered, but if you look at the solder, the colour matches that of the main body and i dont think that a resoldered prongs was put on. so it means the prongs came with it and that thickness raises some red flags.

              what you think?

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                #8
                It's a fake, it's a super casting, but in this configuration it should be stamped.., plus the prongs are too heavy.
                I've seen a few more of these, they're on the market for at least 15 years or so..., they're quite nice though.

                Jos.

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                  #9
                  Jos, what do you mean by a super casting?

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                    #10
                    Not an original, sorry....pretty though.

                    J

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Military View Post
                      Jos, what do you mean by a super casting?
                      A very well cast eagle, not stamped by a machine, but made by pouring metal in a mould..
                      This is the problem with all badges and insignia, if they should be stamped, fakers have a problem and the only thing they can do is trying to copy them by casting.., because they dont have the heavy machines and the proper dies.
                      Zink stuff was cast most of the time, but the buntmetal, tombak stuff was forced by machines..
                      Fakers try to make the early stuff, but the error they make is that they can only copy them by casting and give them the appearance of a early piece.., result is a nice looking item, but not the real deal..
                      A cast piece has rounded edges, rims etc.., while stamped pieces are most of the time razor sharp..
                      It's all a trick of the eye and some items are good with just a few tiny errors which reveal the process.., one you already mentioned, the whole eagle + prongs are cast in one process.., the prongs aren't soldered nor crimped in, they might've been "cast-in" , this is not the German method...


                      Jos.
                      Last edited by Jos Le Conté; 01-22-2009, 07:47 PM.

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                        #12
                        mabye made from original die but the wrong metal,,, nice detail!

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                          #13
                          thank you for your replies gentlemen. jos - i learnt somthing. thank you.

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