Inept fake of the day

[Simon O.]

We all know that some decorations were backdated but being awarded a decoration four months before it was instituted and two months before the the operation it was apparently awarded for.

http://www.militaria321.com/auktion/...gsabzeichen%22

[Tom Yanacek]

Hello Simon,

I guess that is why it is listed as a "private sale" and has "no guarantee." The destroyer silhouette is way too dark as well.

This one is a fake too, in my opinion:

Best regards,
Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

Any idea who this F.d.Z. is supposed to be?

[hucks216]

For the date on the citation the F.d.Z was Erich Bey and that is most definitely not his signature. Friedrich Bonte held that position from when the command was set up in October 1939 until he was killed at Narvik and Alfred Schemmel held the post for a month prior to Bey who took over on 10th May 1940.

[Tom Yanacek]

For the date on the citation the F.d.Z was Erich Bey and that is most definitely not his signature. Friedrich Bonte held that position from when the command was set up in October 1939 until he was killed at Narvik and Alfred Schemmel held the post for a month prior to Bey who took over on 10th May 1940.

Yes, exactly! This appears to be some imaginary F.d.Z. To me the signature reads "Marschall." Maybe this is supposed to be Admiral Wilhelm Marschall's signature and he got busted down to Kapitän zur See as he always wanted to be F.d.Z., so that he could sign these documents.

Best regards,
Tom

[Hank C.]

We all know that some decorations were backdated but being awarded a decoration four months before it was instituted and two months before the the operation it was apparently awarded for.

http://www.militaria321.com/auktion/...gsabzeichen%22

Reminds me of a Minensuch urkunde dated before the war began...doesn't get more bad than that.

Hank

[Tom Yanacek]

Reminds me of a Minensuch urkunde dated before the war began...doesn't get more bad than that.

Hank

At the June OVMS Show in Wilmington, I saw a 1939 EK2 document that was dated May of 1939.

Best regards,
Tom