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Cut insignia still attached to uniforms..
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Originally posted by tmca05Willi, do you really think the cammo luft eagle is bad and on a piece of zeltbahn? You could be right, I really do not know 100% for sure. I did pick it up at a Civil War show, so who knows the history. I always thought it was good and kept it in my collection, but if it's bad, it's gonna go, or at least be "marked" as such.
Your HG tabs are certainly a great find!Willi
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Originally posted by Mike DavisI suggest the removal of bogus items from this thread, like those in post #707 (tan SS skull & cutoff SS runic tab on piece of collar) for instance.
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Originally posted by Johnny R View PostI have a friend that I was in the US Army with, he now lives in Lithuania, he knows I collect and looks out for stuff. He said there are bins of fake insignia sewn on any type of wool that can be found and being sold as real at flea markets etc. More than 75% of the "cut-off" insignia I have seen in the last 5 years is embellished and sewn to post War fabric or out right junk made to look tunic removed. It amazes me what length people will go to in order to make money.Willi
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Jon Fish's Eagle-
An issue tunic normally only has a single layer of lining fabric behind the main source of the wool, the one you posted looks like it has modern synthetic "bunting" and three layers of lining material.
Sadly what happens, and what my friend has seen is that overcoats etc. are chopped up and common insignia sewn to them to enhance values. There was a "fad" of collecting "cut off" insignia and it was easily addressed by purveyors of new "originals".
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Originally posted by Willi Zahn View PostAlmost all of the SS cut insignia I see at shows are bogus. I have generally found the Luft pieces to be relaitvely safe, though I have not encountered the ones from the east. I did learn yesterday about one dealer from Europe who comes over to the Max and SOS who fakes the stuff himself; and rather convincingly at that.
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