Floch o' Fakes

[DKNYC71]

HG by Franz Richter

Wow, these hats are scary, I think this particular treasure is currently available at OAKLEAF for a bargain price: http://oakleafmilitaria.com/096h12.html

[stonemint]

Wow, these hats are scary, I think this particular treasure is currently available at OAKLEAF for a bargain price: http://oakleafmilitaria.com/096h12.html

Yeah, that is one:

[Wagnerite]

Good move. Easiest "tell" is the fact that the hat does not contain what is advertised--ie, the pateneted multi-vent Frischluft system and the forehead-cushion system (stirndruckfrei). All are high-end ground-up fakes from the 1990's.

Here are the other pics that I have of that cap. I guess we call this one "Frischlutftfrei" :

[stonemint]

Another Johann Frey .

[stonemint]

Check out the visor on this one--no crosshatching, no pebble, no nothing:

[stonemint]

Faltermeier:

[stonemint]

Logo and s/b close-up:

[J Melvin]

The first two are suspect simply because of the piping colors. I'd like to see an unquestionable original enlisted/NCO engineer or a field division one.

[stonemint]

Janke, Floch, or whatever, these Claus Werneid fakes have been popping up of late:

[stonemint]

More of the Werneid:

[stonemint]

Pinking shears:

[derek]

The use of a Clemens Wagner CW logo for the company Claus Werneid is rather amusing in and of itself.
Derek

[BenVK]

And for that reason, not the most despicable form of fake IMO because they were once reproductions now being sold as genuine.

[BenVK]

I found these images rather amusing being from before I was born.

[stonemint]

The bottom one brings back memories--it is from the old WW2 Inc catalog out of St. Louis. They sold fakes of everything, but it was all junk-quality.
I do not recognise the top one, however--is that from Delta?

BTW, more of the Franz Richter fake: