SS - Gruppe West Frankfurt/Main tinnies

[firefighter1]

Is it tinnies ( SS - Gruppe West Frankfurt/Main - Aufmarsch Abschnitt XI 10. u. 11.6.1933) is an original or a fake?
thank you

[Martin Harding]

Hello, I am afraid it is a fake, it is a post war Copy. Always avoid Badges with pin plates such as on your example. Also the quality is lacking when compared to original period examples.
Orignal Badges are perfectly die struck (never cast) with the reverse litarally a mirror image of the Obverse. Be warned as there are more convincing fakes out there of this particular Badge that are die struck with no pin plate non the less the majority that are encountered are usually copies.
Regards Martin