De-nazified Fallschirmjager badge, is it original?

[jd65]

I got this off of ebay about 7 years ago. What do you all think? I've had mixed reviews on it at the shows.
<a href="http://s569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/?action=view&current=DSC04381.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/DSC04381.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/?action=view&current=DSC04382.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/DSC04382.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/?action=view&current=DSC04383.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/DSC04383.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/?action=view&current=DSC04384.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/DSC04384.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/?action=view&current=DSC04385.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/DSC04385.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/?action=view&current=DSC04386.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/DSC04386.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/?action=view&current=DSC04387.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss134/jd-65/DSC04387.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[Tom Yanacek]

Looks like an original Meybauer. Obviously de-nazified, like you say, and also with a replaced catch. I would spray it down with WD-40 or an even thicker penetrating oil, then let it soak in for a day or so. It would really help those areas of white zinc corrosion and it will not hurt the badge. It can only help.

Best regards,
Tom

[Thomas Durante]

AGREED, an original Maybauer, no problems at all with that one except the denazified bird and repaired catch.

It is perfectly textbook in all other ways except for the repairs/modifications, so I would really be interested in hearing what the guys at these other shows had a problem with.

Tom

[jd65]

Thank you Tom and Tom! I'm glad to hear that since some of the others I've posted that I thought were real turned out to be fakes. I'll definitely try the WD40 on it. If I recall correctly the problem they (at the shows) had with it was the how the wreath and the eagle were attached but these guys aren't experts. Thanks again guys.