Assmann SS Buckles 155/40 in depth (Part 5 & End)

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

Well, it's over for this "in depth" study. I hope it was usefull for some of you.

Best Regards to All

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

Getting organized ....

[Yuri D.]

WOW.....extremely educational. Thanks Jean!

Yuri

[Marc verstraete]

No one could have done better!
Marc V.

[MVV]

A BIG Thank YOU for this SUPER info and Great work.

Best wishes

MarcVV

[Pascal H.]

Thank you very much Jean for this exceptional piece of work.
I think I can speak for all of us if I say that we all learned from your study.
Thanks again,
Pascal

[buckle1]

JP,

An absolutely fantastic piece of work. Thank God your here to keep all of us on out toes w/the fakes. Best wishes for the Holidays.

Bill

[Paul Massucci]

I agree with what all the others have said,
Many Thanks JP

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

Since there is an increasing request for those buckles (like: is that buckle original or fake?) I think it could help to bring back to live those older threads for now. I will make an update with new photos and new examples in a short while since there is on the market some new very well done fake 155/40's.

[BryanD]

Thank You Jean Pierre. A very educational thread.
You are the Man.

[helmuthunter]

This is the very reason i am a member of this forum, thank you for very much Jean for the fantastic work, regards John.

[7.92x57]

On all the fakes displayed here, I find the one on picture #12 especially dangerous. I still cannot tell from pic why it's a fake.
I'm spending probably 2 hours a day reading old threads of this forum, probably soon I'll know why it's a fake.
Great job Jean Pierre !!

Arnaud

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

On all the fakes displayed here, I find the one on picture #12 especially dangerous. I still cannot tell from pic why it's a fake.
I'm spending probably 2 hours a day reading old threads of this forum, probably soon I'll know why it's a fake.
Great job Jean Pierre !!

Arnaud

Casting lines on the fake, wrong post sleeve, wrong prongs (Assmann are always very distinct), wrong size (even if Assmann 155 39's Type 1 are a bit smaller than Type 2 the fake was even smaller than any Type 1), wrong aluminum content, etc, etc ...

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

And this fake was already widely offered on the market by 2009. Much more convincing that the previous so called "V-chest" but a collector paying attention to details can easily see differences with an original.