1-piece heer e.m. alloy- cast, inj.-molded or?

[inimicus]

colleagues: my 1-pce. heer e.m. has been called fake by 2 well-informed members. please someone see my pix from the ad I removed and do a comparo with a real one. I'd thought mine was correct and injection-molded. many thanks!


http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=1#post8018681

[inimicus]

here are 2 pix just in case….

[inimicus]

still awaiting pix and discussion of a real one versus mine, to help avoid other people getting disappointed. thanks guys.

[Ric Ferrari]

Hello,

see red edited areas, just to show you few obvious casting defects.

Btw, these kind of buckles were actually made by die strucking.

Ric

[inimicus]

bingo! hadn't noticed them' so die-struck buckles don't have such defective pebbling? thanks again for the help, ric. very grateful. dw

[Ric Ferrari]

......so die-struck buckles don't have such defective pebbling? thanks again for the help, ric. very grateful. dw

Indeed, die struck buckles still show crisp details even if worn, differently if you notice such issues on an almost mint buckle......run away.

Ric

[inimicus]

once burned, twice shy! jumped too quick on this one, for sure. thanks again