RADwJ brooches - some with questions

[torstenbel]

nice little lot of RADwJ brooches, but there are two that I am not sure about

[torstenbel]

front looks good, but the reverse side is very soft??

[torstenbel]

same with this one .... I think the front looks good, but the reverse is somewhat soft???

[burgerhaus]

Torsten I don't belelive either are authentic. Actually Moringi has perfected the bronze level to the degree of making me shy away from that level. We had a thread here about it years ago. Darrick I. had a bronze example that matced Moringi exactly right to the positioning of the mm's. Try RADwJ search. It may still be there. These look they from the tinnie faker. My silver grade

[torstenbel]

Hi Robert, I agree. I think both are fake ... shame really, as the front of the bronze looks excellent, but the reverse is very bad .... Cheers, Torsten.

[Martin Harding]

front looks good, but the reverse side is very soft??

Hello Torsten, original examples of the Reicharbeitsdienst Weibliche Jugend Abzeichen measure 44mm and are nicely convexed. The reverse normally show the RAD control mark and the year of manufacture, for example the one posted below the logo indicates that the maker the maker F.W. Assmann and the 39 represents the year of manufacture which in my example below would be 1939. Sadly my example, as can be seen from the picture below is missing the pin

Reverse

[Martin Harding]

Close up of the F.W. Assmann RAD control mark from 1939

[Martin Harding]

Obverse
Reicharbeitsdienst Weibliche Jugend Abzeichen

[torstenbel]

Hi Martin, thanks for posting. Cheers, Torsten.