Common fake on Emedals - beware

[Nick Carraway]

Gents,

The MOST COMMON fake in zee whole flak world is for sale here - the claw flak:
https://www.emedals.com/germany-a-lu...-unknown-maker

i know you can't know everything, but man this is a crazy common fake that we have talked about ad nauseam...

[Scott C.]

Edit: My mistake...

"All items offered on eMedals.com are subject to in house inspection and evaluation prior to listing. This process is to ensure all items offered are authentic, described correctly, properly researched, and listed using professionally photography."

[Nick Carraway]

No clue - it is still there so their responsibility.

[AndyC]

Emedals have been around for a while now so they should know what they doing IMO.

But this confirm that they don´t have 100% check




Andy

[Jelle M.]

Well spotted... for sure that's a fake.
In this hobby you can't trust anybody, people should rely on their own knowledge
when deciding to purchase a collectible.
Fakes are in many dealer inventories... that won't change in the future.
Stay on your toes gents

[AndyC]

One of the best thing you could do as collector is to a member of WAF, then you save a lot of money.



Andy

[Thomas Durante]

Well spotted Nick, thanks for the heads up.

Tom

[Ludwig]

Emedals have been around for a while now so they should know what they doing IMO.

But this confirm that they don´t have 100% check




Andy

Fare from it! Check some of their Oakleaves to the Knight´s Cross... No better than Jamie Cross trying to sell that TDB!

[blind pew]

Emedals have been around for a while now so they should know what they doing IMO.

But this confirm that they don´t have 100% check




Andy

No one is infallible. In my experience, Barry Turk is a good dealer who would never knowingly sell a fake. I am sure that if he was alerted to this situation, he would pull it from his site.

Keep in mind that we, as collectors, are pretty adept in our focal areas of interest. Dealers, on the other hand, are expected to be 'experts" in every area of militaria, which is impossible. Mistakes happen- reputable dealers have a few, while dishonest dealers have many.