Hello guys,
With the pretext from a previous thread "Silver Wound Badge Question" one idea come up in my mind,how the collector can spot the real Wound badge.
After several years of studying the Wound badge subject i have found a tip detecting the real WB when vs the fake.
With this in mind and the known combinations of pin/catch/hinge assemblies the collector is armed with some knowledge.
Hauptmünzamt from Wien is one of the major makers for these awards.Similar design of badges are followed by other makers or sub-contracted.
The result from this is,same design,dies and even same pin back assemblies.
Please note: THIS IS NOT A RULE.
This characteristic point as i said above can be found for most wound badge makers
but not for ALL of them, the reason is because having different design and dies.
One other exception is the maker "26" (B.H.Mayer,Pforzheim),this maker uses the same design like Hauptmünzamt Wien but does not has this detail and i strongly believe that this maker evolved much later in WB production(mid war and late war).
This tip is valid for all the grades and types of construction.
Please let me hear your comments,or if someone uses another "guide" detecting originals,
and of course if someone believing that has a fake or questionable item in his collection
who having this specific detail,i would like to post it here.
PS:The photo taken from the thread"Silver Wound Badge Question" posted by Frank Munich and i worked -out the photo for this thread.
With the pretext from a previous thread "Silver Wound Badge Question" one idea come up in my mind,how the collector can spot the real Wound badge.
After several years of studying the Wound badge subject i have found a tip detecting the real WB when vs the fake.
With this in mind and the known combinations of pin/catch/hinge assemblies the collector is armed with some knowledge.
Hauptmünzamt from Wien is one of the major makers for these awards.Similar design of badges are followed by other makers or sub-contracted.
The result from this is,same design,dies and even same pin back assemblies.
Please note: THIS IS NOT A RULE.
This characteristic point as i said above can be found for most wound badge makers
but not for ALL of them, the reason is because having different design and dies.
One other exception is the maker "26" (B.H.Mayer,Pforzheim),this maker uses the same design like Hauptmünzamt Wien but does not has this detail and i strongly believe that this maker evolved much later in WB production(mid war and late war).
This tip is valid for all the grades and types of construction.
Please let me hear your comments,or if someone uses another "guide" detecting originals,
and of course if someone believing that has a fake or questionable item in his collection
who having this specific detail,i would like to post it here.
PS:The photo taken from the thread"Silver Wound Badge Question" posted by Frank Munich and i worked -out the photo for this thread.
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