FW marked radio operator badge

[Anthony Evans]

attention to detail in all aspects though, im thinking on getting another camera any opinions?

[Mike Kenny]

Hi Anthony,

If you're getting a camera which will also take decent badge images, make sure it has a decent macro option. Even better, get one that can handle a screw-on or bayonet adapter for a decent macro lense. I use an older Canon PowerShot G3 which takes care of my requirements - blurry pictures and bad lighting can all be blamed on me!

Regards
Mike K

[Anthony Evans]

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[Anthony Evans]

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[Frank Heukemes]

That is clear enough now to say for sure that this Focke Wulf badge is bad!

[Anthony Evans]

whats bad about it, i never dealt/heard of Wulf so im really curious. For future refrences

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Anthoney,

Frank is just having a little fun with you. Focke Wulf was an aircraft manufacturer and famous for the FW 190.
I concur that the badge is a fake.

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[Yuri D.]

whats bad about it, i never dealt/heard of Wulf so im really curious. For future refrences

That Focke Wulf was just a joke. This badge actually does not conform to ANY other known originals in many ways: catch is definitely of post-war manufacture, the way the edges of the reverse are raised is also not the way any Third Reich badge looks.

[Anthony Evans]

make fun of the new guy i see how it is , thanks yuri as usual you know the reasoning to the questions that i seak and not just the answer, so the eagle should be flat across then?

[J Temple-West]

make fun of the new guy i see how it is , thanks yuri as usual you know the reasoning to the questions that i seak and not just the answer, so the eagle should be flat across then?

Here's a typical 'TR' era produced badge which will give you some idea as to manufacturing/construction methods..

Searching through the forums archives, downloading and doing side by side comparisons of badges you may own against known originals is good way to acquaint yourself with the various maker's differences and help in determining originality.

[Anthony Evans]

good point Tempest but does any 1 know who FW is, so we can see how he made badges before or should i chaulk Fw to a Floch or other well know re-maker?

[Frank Heukemes]

Hi Anthony,

New guy or not, you just found the coolest nickname for good old John!

FW is not a real maker name, these initials stand for nothing reasonable as far as Third Reich war badge makers go. It could as well be HS for Homer Simpson.

[Anthony Evans]

hahha thanks for the good laugh Frank Have you ever seen a Weidmann badge? I still cant belive you pulled that Wulf crap over on me, but ehh ya live and learn.

[Frank Heukemes]

Sorry for the Focke Wulf, I just was in that mood and thought you would catch my drift.

Weidmann may have made war badges but if he did, he never marked his badges. We do not know of any known mark of Weidmann on German war badges. But that badge you have certainly is not a rare "Weidmann badge"! Trust me on that.

[Anthony Evans]

i completely agree with you on it i was just wondering if he ever did cause he was the only 1 i could find with fw as the initials, so it was worth a shot, i still think my Profiency badge is real though