«Argenta» photo paper

[Andrew Harris]

Hello, guys.

It's me again:~) And again I'm trying to make some research. I'm sorry if it seems boring for somebody.

The stimulus for this research was the last portrait from this thread: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=553511

For all time that I'm collecting photos I saw only two types of this photo paper:

- Wartime "Argenta" logo

Argenta (wartime).jpg

- Postwar "Argenta" logo

Argenta (postwar).JPG

Differences:

- Font
- Letters "A" are twisted on the wartime logo
- Word "Argenta" will be crossed out on the wartime logo if we connect two lines from both sides of it
- Word "Argenta" will be underlined on the postwar logo if we connect two lines from both sides of it

Threads:

http://www.kriegsberichter.de/Data/fake05e.htm
http://www.militaria-archiv.com/show...=187209&page=3
http://www.militaria-fundforum.de/sh...argenta&page=2 (from post #32)
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...9&postcount=34
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=argenta
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=argenta

I want to hear your opinions about this, guys.

Greetings, Rostyslav.

[Andrew Harris]

And now my opinion according this portrait: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...44&postcount=4

- postwar "Argenta" logo
- if I'm not mistaken it is the same guy (these types of fakes, on "Echte Photographie", were sold by szabo-militaria as originals):

002a.jpg
002b.jpg

But contrast is good. So, what we have here? Postwar print from negative for veteran or good fake from negative?

[Edgar Alcidi]

I saw quiet "much" Argenta while buying photos as usual..... I must say that I am always "double" carefully with this kind of paper, because it was used until the 50s.

Concerning that photos, they was reprints from glas negatives if I remember well.

[Andrew Harris]

New portrait on evilbay. Postwar Argenta logo.

Your opinions, guys (fake or postwar print for the family)?

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