Leipzig Mayor's Chain Discovered

[Matthew]

Congrats on your find Romaine. You might find it impossible to connect with Craig here as he no longer frequents these parts but you might try him via his website: www.craiggottlieb.com

cheers

Matt

[TxGauleiter]

Romaine,

Welcome to the WAF. I noticed that you are writing to Craig personally. Look under his screen name, and you will see the word "expelled".

He was expelled from this community for misleading collectors and, shall we say, "embellishing". He is not considered an authority here, and has been banned permanently.

By clicking here, you can see the chain of events that led to his expulsion.

additionally, here are other threads that will give you some background on the community's attitudes towards this individual.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=711041

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=582263

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=529256

[Bob Hritz]

Craig's email has been sent to you by private message.

Bob Hritz

[Romaine]

Thanks for the info guys. I am pretty new to all this. I am just trying to learn more about this piece.

[sgstandard]

Mayoral Necklace

Move along, folks - nothing to see here. They peddle these things all the time over at TRD and Germania International. Made in India, I think. I bought a couple of 'em just for joke gifts.

[Matthew]

what's the point here?

You might be hard pressed to find an item in our sphere of interest that has not been reproduced. Are you trying to tell us that ALL of those are fake and no known originals exist?
Knowing of few in collections I am looking forward to learning more on the subject.

cheers

Matt

[Darrell]

The same old guys pop up when these threads reappear. Not sure what they do in between times ... maybe wonder why life is so boring ... geez ... give it a rest.

[sgstandard]

Chain

Relax, everyone....................I just wanted to give Craig the business.

[Jo Rivett]

Another Burgomeister chain? identical

[JoeW]

A third was sold in a 2008 HH auction. Just saw the listing tonight again looking through the old catalog.