GPB Review !!

[TotenkopfSS]

Hi friends

could I have please your opinions about this gpb badge? (always scared about "austrian fakes" !!)

thanks in advance for your time, cheers Mike

[ErichS]

Its a fake.

[Wim Vangossum]

I even think this is one of the so called Austrian fakes.


Regards, Wim

[Il_brillante]

No good, there are wrong details like swastika and enamel. Also lettering in the backside is wrong

[sjl]

Fake. Lettering is all wrong on the front for starters.

[salzmann]

That is a original Austrian fake!

@totenkopf ss: How about better pictures of the first badge?

[Gary Symonds]

Amazing amount of distress for a reproduction.

That re-enactor's tunic must have taken a real beating.

[Bob Clark]

Fake. Lettering is all wrong on the front for starters.

Truth spoken there.

[Br. James]

I fully agree: This is an example of the famed "Austrian Fake" which has been aged and distressed in order to make it look ground-dug or very abused. The only thing that would be "abused" if someone purchased this piece would be the purchaser's wallet or bank account!

Br. James