German Party badge for sympathy

[jray2986]

Is this piece real or fake??

[jray2986]

German Party badge for sympathy

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[lauriston]

Hello

A good one for me.

Lauri

[barryG]

Pure fantasy badge. Also note the M1/129 mark, as far as I know all 129s are bad, also the pin fixing is wrong. Thats quite apart from the fact the badge doesnt exist either!

[Don Scowen]

The badge did exist, this has been proved by it's inclusion in period Steinhauer & Lück catalogues see link http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ad.php?t=88598

However, BarryG is correct that this particular piece is bad, it should not have an RZM mark at all as it was an early piece. The M1/129 is a very disputed number & should always be treated with extreme caution, I've never yet seen one that I'm happy with......

Cheers
Don

[lauriston]

You're right for the M1/129. Sorry for my mistake

[sjl]

Don's right - a fake badge. No one to my knowledge has ever produced a genuine M1/129 marked badge of any kind.

As well, by 1932-33 Ludendorff was already publicly denouncing Hitler as the ruin of Germany, so it's not likely this badge was ever reissued as a "sympathizer" badge during the RZM period.

[Wim Vangossum]

Why love all those fakers that m1/129 mark??

Would it be come all from one source? You see them patined and bright new so the must in business for a long time.

Regards, Theo

[Don Scowen]

This company is still turning them out www.nicholasmorigi.com the one below can be yours for ******163;5.95......

Knock it about a bit, give it some aging & it would look more convincing. In fact I've seen the exact same design with aging being offered as originals for $50

Cheers
Don

[jray2986]

German Party badge for sympathy

I would like to thank all for the input.
In my opinion I believe this pin is a reproduction and all others with the maker number MΙ/Ι29. I lived in Germany for 3 years back in the 70’s and one thing I noticed right away was how the Germans wrote their number ones (1). The little serif at the top is sometimes extended into a long upstroke, sometimes as long as the vertical line which can lead to confusion with the number seven so the number 7 has a horizontal stroke through the vertical line. I don’t ever remember the Germans printing or sometimes even writing a number one with just a vertical line like we Americans do, their number one’s always have that little serif on top like this- (1). I believe the Germans would never display the number 1 with just a vertical line. Example MІ/І29.. I went through the entire NSDAP Membership Badge Database and all the number ones listed are marked with the little serif.
So this is why I believe the MΙ/Ι29’s are reproductions created by possibly non-German fakers. If only the creators would have made the mark M1/129 instead of MΙ/Ι29. I agree with you Stephen no one has ever produced a genuine M1/129 marked badge of any kind.

Johnny

[jscott]

I've performed my own research on these pins maker marked M1 /129 for about 6 years, Stephen was correct then and now, these are fakes. Just my opinion.