Skull! Another Wehrmacht Panzer skull question..

[Sergeant 08]

Thoughts?

[Sergeant 08]

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[Sergeant 08]

Sorry, I have no better photos at the moment. Thanks for help!

PS: I'm not sure what kind of material it is? I'm not sure is it aluminium only. Or Cupal?

[Sergeant 08]

Thanks for the answer! The seller is a forum member and asked me to remove the photos

[Sergeant 08]

But I found a similar skull in my collection and I can post a photo of it! It is ground dug, material iron, details are not sharp, uncutted nose hole. The silvering looks like gold (a phenomenon that I saw on other ground dugs too).

I think these skulls are real and late war made. Other collectors that I asked had a similar opinion.

[Sergeant 08]

A Braunschweig cap skull (rare ww2 flat variant)! A ground dug with the same colour change.

[Sergeant 08]

other collectors are possibly right...

Not always, but sometimes

Too much unusual fakes are on the market.

[LuckyStrike23]

I am still skeptical. I have never seen this skull on a real jacket or in a veteran estate. It must been a very seldom used typ. But in opposite to this you find them very often today, often in mint condition.
http://www.militaria321.com/auktion/...lu-1-Paar-E640
http://www.militaria321.com/auktion/...zer-%282742%29

[Sergeant 08]

I am still skeptical. I have never seen this skull on a real jacket or in a veteran estate.....

The most unusual skull variants you can find on period photos. There I have seen some very unusual types.

[LuckyStrike23]

if this skull is so unusual, why can buy plenty of pairs today?

[Sergeant 08]

if this skull is so unusual, why can buy plenty of pairs today?

Because a lot of these "mint condition" skulls are fakes! I'm sceptical about the skulls in the links that you posted too. I have never said all variants must be real. Especially the skulls with the prongs on the edges are easier to fake than the other skulls with backside prongs.

[Sergeant 08]

They used a lot of curios stuff on collar tabs....

[Sergeant 08]

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