IMO a fake Deumer FJ badge

[Pierre]

I know that the right move is learning the features of an original badge instead of looking how a fake looks like but I had to show this one which IMO is dangerous. Perhaps a moderator will move this thread in a more appropriate section.

Pierre

[Pierre]

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[Lorenzo Brown]

I agree it's a fake. Please put pictures of yours in the Fakes Gallery:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=101962

Here is a picture of a real one for comparison.

[Thomas Durante]

Hi Pierre,

Thanks for showing this fake, and you are very right to keep track of fakes as well as originals. In my opinion, a good database of fakes is almost as important as a good database of originals, and it can help you identify patterns that fakers inevitabily follow.

Your fake is not only incorrect for a Deumer regarding the maker mark, but it combines a fake S&L-like eagle with a fake BSW-like wreath.... a very bad and unlikely combination. Here are a few more fakes just like the one you show. They have the same wreath and eagle, but one is marked with a fake BSW mark, and the other is unmarked and has postwar 1960s rudolf-souval hardware.

Tom

[Thomas Durante]

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