GO3 cased

[ethreecee]

They are all selling the copies I had made from this piece. What is mine? Post war, Souval, fake, variant. I had 250 reproductions made from my piece and those are the ones on FHQ, thirdreich, etc.

[ethreecee]

my repro

Here is my repro that Manions, FHQ (Soldat) and ThirdReich are selling

[ethreecee]

try again

try again
aw...the manage files is down

[ethreecee]

my original

Here is the repro I made from my original piece. FHQ (Cyrus at Soldat), Thirdreich (Russ), and Manions, etc. Is my original piece any good? Souval post war? fake? variant?

[ethreecee]

my fakes

Just to heads' up you guys...here are my fakes and I sell them as reproductions. R&D has cost me a fortune making them.

[ethreecee]

rogues' gallery

Rogue's Gallery

[ethreecee]

sorry about the quality... resizing is a beach

[sjl]

I'm not sure what the origin of yours is, although I would say definitely post-1945. Possibly Souval. The centerpiece is certainly incorrect, as is the gilding overall. The oakleaf borders on the arms leave something to be desired as well - too thick and lack detail.

The last good one I saw came from Bill Shea a few years back - I think $15K

Here is another fake clearly from a different mould (different oakleaves yet again): http://capral-new.narod.ru/fashizm/gorder3/gorder3.htm.

[ethreecee]

i have seen Bill's, but there is no one other out there like my example. I want to sell it, but I would like to have some more definitive opinions. Has anyone see one like this? If it is Souval, it has a good value, but I need to see a comparison. Is that possible?
MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOUR FOR YOUR ADVICE AND CONTINUED INFORMATION.

[ethreecee]

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All The Best To All In The Forum

[ethreecee]

Does anyone out there have any pics of the Soval G.O. 3rd?

[sjl]

By the way, by "Souval" I meant a post-war repro by them, not a period piece.

[ethreecee]

I understand. I just need to know how many post-war GO 3rds are out there. I want to sell this and it may be of considerable value if not many exist.
ThankU

[Erich B.]

I would venture to guess that the majority of the Souval copies are in older collections around the world. I'm trying to find my old ca. 1960s-70s catalogue that listed them as well as the other copies made but so far, without success. I remember that they were relatively expensive for the time. The last Souval copy sold that I'm aware of went for around $750.00. I don't know if that's a representative price, because the dealer who sold it told me he had paid too much for it.
Erich

[ethreecee]

Many thanks for your important input. I look forward to any other info you may find. Very exciting tracing down a mystery!
ThankU again