Do you know this Heer plaquette?

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Hi,

do you know this Heer plaquette? Do you think it's original or faked? What could be it's price?

Front "Ostereichische Bundesheer"
Back: "Heeressportfest 1931 Springen úber 6 Pferde IV Preis"

Thanks for any opinions !





<img src="http://rozum-a-chtic.wz.cz/heer_1.jpg" />





<img src="http://rozum-a-chtic.wz.cz/heer_2.jpg" />

[VerKuilen Ager]

The detail looks awfully "soft" on the reverse, which is often typical of castings taken from originals. However, I suspect that this is just the scan lacking detail.

All though the design is attractive, I can't imagine someone copying an Austrian piece from this period. But, who knows. Anyway, if original, the value would be limited by it's being Austrian rather than German and being a low level prize. The German equivalents vary in value depending on the level and type of qualification. In general these go for in the neighborhood of something like $200 for a 1st prize and down to the area of $50 for something like a 6th prize. I'd think the Austrian ones are quite a bit scarcer, but you'd have to find someone with a special interest in that army in order to get anything like the true value.