Marine HJ PIn, Fantasy?, Help Please

[rhudspith]

Bought this of estand recently, but unsure if it is a fantasy piece or not. i have a vague recollection that it could be. Any help / opinion from a more knowlegable member would be much appreciated.

[rhudspith]

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[rhudspith]

Did a quick search, not much info but what there was seemed to cast some doubt

[DanCz]

Personally, I do not like these badges. They usually come in pin back form and maker marked Otto Hoffman. They come in a wide variety of colour combinations too !!

[Don Scowen]

I agree, stay clear of all these coloured (not red) versions of these badges.

Cheers
Don

[sjl]

I agree - unless it's a standard red/white/black HJ pin, it's a fake. This is the first I have seen of the M1/72 marked ones. I think these fakes became so recognizable by the "Otto Hoffmann" mark they must have recently changed them to an RZM mark. Still bad.

The only exception is a HJ badge with green where the red is with a sunwheel swastika - that is a legit Hungarian HJ badge, but extremely rare.

[rhudspith]

Thanks guys, I was starting to feel uneasy about it, now I know.

[MH184]

I did pm the seller about this one at the time it was on the badges e stand, owning the pin back version and from past discussion on these

Rob, he's a good guy that sold you this and I'm sure he'll be disappointed that it's dubious and refund you no matter what, I've bought things from him and he's a true gentleman and very honest


Kr

Marcus

[sjl]

I call these "Skittles" HJ pins - all the colours of the rainbow. (I wonder, do they have Skittles in the UK, or are they just North American candies?)

[rhudspith]

Yup, we have skittles in the UK to.

[torstenbel]

just for comparison, this is the reverse of an original 'standard' HJ membership badge, which has the same maker M1/72, which I just got in...Cheers, Torsten.