Buntmetall Osang Fallschirmschützenabzeichen ?

[Langemark]

Hello All,
A while ago, I already posted this Para badge on the “Collection and display Forum” but obtained no reply. I think 'This' is the appropriate Forum to post it on ?

I obtained this Para badge last year and still have a good feeling about it. However, I am not a medal expert. Reading again the numerous recent threads about the Osang Fallschirmschützenabzeichen, I was troubled by the apparent consensus that early Buntmetall Osang badges didn’t exist ?

Here’s some information about this badge :
- Height : 52,5 mm
- Width: 42,5 mm
- Weight : about 38 grams ! (compared to the 30 grams of the zink ones)
- Beside the heavy weight, this badge appears also to be of much better quality than the “textbook” zink ones.
- The feather details on the eagle are much sharper.
- Also, the small acorns on the right wreath are more detailed.
- The whole badge (wreath and eagle) is also much more vaulted.
- The back edges of the wreath are more delicately file-rounded than the zink badges.
- The two rivets are simply perfect.
- The marker mark is very neatly impressed. (But, contrary to the zink badges, on this example, the “s” of ‘Osang’ is located directly above the ”s” of ‘Dresden’).
- The swastika is perfectly square (not like the recent copies with undefined arms).
- The pin is magnetic (like on the zink badge). The square shaped catch is mounted on the typical Osang round plate.
- And, what especially retains the attention is the fact that both the eagle and wreath show nice quality gilding and silvering, with beautiful highlights (that I never saw on zinc examples : these having rather dull wreaths). Noticeable is also the pebbling on the reverse. Both coatings are visibly not ‘Brennlack’ but rather ‘Feuervergolded’ (and ‘Feuerversilberd’ so far this existed ?). This feature and the tint remind me other early made badges.

Information or critics would be very appreciated,
Mark

[Langemark]

Here are the pictures : Front view.

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Eagle’s head. Note the detail of the feathers and also the overall deep golden hue.

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Close-up on the swastika and details of the acorns on the wreath.

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Back, showing the partial pebbling.

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Close-up on the catch (with typical rounded plate).

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Maker’s mark and rivets. Note the pebbling of the golden and silver coating.

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Close-up on the G.H.Osang marking (with superposed “s”).

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Langemark,

That is a known fake sold often by such notorious guys like "Afrikaheld" on militariaweb. here is another example.
It is also most interesting to note that some other Osang fakes, even if they look quite different, share this wrong maker mark with the superimposed S.

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reverse

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Here is another Osang fake, sold as a rare Buntmetall Osang para. Different construction, note the same wrong Osang mark!

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reverse.

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same wrong mark:

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One more example of that fake:

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reverse..