GOLD PARTY BADGE,,,good or bad one??

[militarymania]

Hi All,,,would like to hear opinions on this item,,,Many Thanks,<Robert

[ErichS]

It's bad.

[militarymania]

thank you erich,,,I was hoping I was wrong...

[Br. James]

Sorry Robert, but I must agree with Erich. Hope you haven't dropped a bundle on this piece!

Br. James

[Mike Dunn]

just wondering..what makes it bad??

[ErichS]

just wondering..what makes it bad??

Without going into details it's best to compare this example to known originals and the many differences will become clear.

[sjl]

It's an excellent fake. Main give aways are the hard shape of the oak leaves and thickness of the silver edge to he swastika. The swastika also doesn't touch the edge in each of the 4 points. The pinplate shape is subtly wrong and that font of number is not used.

Stephen

[Br. James]

Glad to see Stephen ("sjl") respond here, as he provides a wonderful service to our hobby in regard to questions about the Golden Party Badge -- his excellent website may be found at http://pages.interlog.com/~sjl/GPB/index.html. Do pay him a visit there!

Br. James

[der-hase-fee]

It's an excellent fake.
Main give aways are the hard shape of the oak leaves and thickness of the silver edge to he swastika. The swastika also doesn't touch the edge in each of the 4 points. The pinplate shape is subtly wrong and that font of number is not used.

Stephen

Good one (the joke that is) !