Afrika Korps German Palm Pin REAL???

[Gregory Koepp]

found this and was seeing if it's a fake or??

[Erich B.]

Hello Gregory,
I believe these were produced in the late 70's and early 80's and marketed by Delta International and WWII Ltd. I'd never seen one before then.
Erich

[Frank Heukemes]

I agree that the above pictured badges all seem to be postwar. However, my father was in the Afrikakorps at the start of his military career and remembers wearing a similar badge on occasions. The badge was lost after the war and all he remembers is that it was the palm with a swaz.

It seems the modern badge above was based on a similar badge that apparantly existed, even if the design was slightly different. Check out the pic, unfortunately very small and therefor unclear when blown up.

Cheers, Frank

[Erich B.]

DAK badge

Great photo Frank! It does confirm that pins of a similar design certainly existed pre 45. The pin pictured by Gregory, though, I'm sure is a modern reproduction as I've seen many of them since the 1970s. You can see by the shape of the pin on the reverse, if worn on a tunic or shirt, it would not lay flush with the material but would be loose.
I remember that they used to sell this insignia on reproduction DAK caps also.
Erich

[Gregory Koepp]

thanks for the replys, i really like the photo.. thanks greg k