Well, I believe this to be a fake badge. The metal doesnt seem to be zink.
Please give your opinions.
Please give your opinions.
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Check out the strange marks on lower left part of wreath. -
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Don't like it either, seems it has to go through as a Arno Wallpach but I see lots of diferances. For example the cast catch.Comment
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Hi guys,
I think this might be a good badge, but with a very well done repair to the catch. You can see where it was neatly soldered onto the original cast-in catch. Daniel (Nordmark) studies these GABs quite a lot, I wonder what he thinks about it. But looks fine to me beside the repair.
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I agree origianl with a small repair. To bad too it seems to be in good condition.
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What about the double rim on the 10/11 o clock posision? Is that common on originals? I know these are copied almost to perfectionComment
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Are those casting bubbles in the lower left wreath?Comment
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This is a trait of originals Rene, often seen on these Arno Wallpatch's and probably due to a mis-alignment of the casting dies. Here is another one with similar feature.Originally posted by kokstok View Post
Scott, those pock marks look more like zincrot in my opinion.
TomIf it doesn't have a hinge and catch, I'm not interested......well, maybe a littleNew Book - The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II
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I agree with Tom it appears to be zinkpest that's been cleaned.
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Please tell me if you need more pics.
Still, the metal is like nothing í have seen on other zinkbadges, ist more white in appearance.Comment
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[QUOTE=Thomas Durante;4194323]This is a trait of originals Rene, often seen on these Arno Wallpatch's and probably due to a mis-alignment of the casting dies. Here is another one with similar feature.
Sorry i am a bit new to all this but the term casting dies dosnt make sense to me casting = molds
stamping = dies
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A few more pics if they can help further.Comment
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Is this a casting line?Comment
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