opinions on "My Militaria" dealer from Italy

[Ric Ferrari]

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
( Bertrand Russel )

Quite agree !

Ric

[BaselA]

This visor comes from Spree Militaria with its COA. If you can prove that it's a fake ( not only telling "100% obvious fake" ) I'll thank you and send it back to the German dealer. I know him as a serious dealer and I've no doubt it will refund me.
That could only confirm that every honest dealer can have some bad item among hundred of those he is selling. I think that doesn't exist a dealer who is an expert in all the items connected with "militaria" while there are many collectors, like you, who are true experts in one or a few sectors. I believe that forums exist for this. The seriousness of a dealer is not measured then by one fake he sold in good faith but by his willingness to take it back and refund the buyer. This IMHO.

Sure, it is a very common aged repro. Here they are for sale on Hessen http://www.hessenantique.com/WH_Infa..._p/hegh001.htm

[valsente]

Sure, it is a very common aged repro. Here they are for sale on Hessen http://www.hessenantique.com/WH_Infa..._p/hegh001.htm

Sorry, but I didn't see my feldmuetze ( I've only one on my home page ) on this web site. This is that one on my website:

http://www.mymilitaria.it/liste_04/f...aeger_1945.htm


My hat is a feldmmuetze and it's very difficult it's on Hessen because it's made with Italian cloth named "diagonalino" This is very common in the last two years of war. Please, be more specific and write the link of my item. I've not army visor cap ( Heer Schirmmuetze ) for sale at this moment. Thanks

[BaselA]

This is the cap I'm referring to, not the feldmutze:

http://www.mymilitaria.it/Liste_02/erel.htm

[valsente]

This is the cap I'm referring to, not the feldmutze:

http://www.mymilitaria.it/Liste_02/erel.htm

As you have surely seen, this visor cap came with an expertise of Dieter Baumann of Historische Archiv Militarkunde in Marburg, dated 2003. I bought this cap an year later. I've made a research on Who Is and found the following information:

Domain Name: HESSENANTIQUE.COM
Registrar: DNC HOLDINGS, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 291
Whois Server: whois.directnic.com
Referral URL: http://www.directnic.com
Name Server: NS3.VOLUSION.COM
Name Server: NS4.VOLUSION.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 21-oct-2012
Creation Date: 02-nov-2003
Expiration Date: 02-nov-2015

The domain www. hessenantique.com was registered in nov. 2003, just nine months after Mr. Dieter Baumann wrote his expertise. Obviously it's impossible that this cap has been sold by Hessenantique.

[BaselA]

As you have surely seen, this visor cap came with an expertise of Dieter Baumann of Historische Archiv Militarkunde in Marburg, dated 2003. I bought this cap an year later. I've made a research on Who Is and found the following information:

Domain Name: HESSENANTIQUE.COM
Registrar: DNC HOLDINGS, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 291
Whois Server: whois.directnic.com
Referral URL: http://www.directnic.com
Name Server: NS3.VOLUSION.COM
Name Server: NS4.VOLUSION.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 21-oct-2012
Creation Date: 02-nov-2003
Expiration Date: 02-nov-2015

The domain www. hessenantique.com was registered in nov. 2003, just nine months after Mr. Dieter Baumann wrote his expertise. Obviously it's impossible that this cap has been sold by Hessenantique.

valsente, I am sorry, but the visor on your site is the most common type of Erel repro available on the market. Whether or not Hessen was in business at the time means absolutely nothing, as this could have been distributed by anyone.

I honestly cant believe someone sold that to you with a COA. Dieter Baumann clearly knows absolutely nothing about third reich cloth headgear, as this is the EASIEST repro to spot. I hope you can somehow be refunded.

[tankredi]

This visor comes from Spree Militaria with its COA. If you can prove that it's a fake ( not only telling "100% obvious fake" ) I'll thank you and send it back to the German dealer. I know him as a serious dealer and I've no doubt it will refund me.
That could only confirm that every honest dealer can have some bad item among hundred of those he is selling. I think that doesn't exist a dealer who is an expert in all the items connected with "militaria" while there are many collectors, like you, who are true experts in one or a few sectors. I believe that forums exist for this. The seriousness of a dealer is not measured then by one fake he sold in good faith but by his willingness to take it back and refund the buyer. This IMHO.

Spree Militaria is well known in Germany for selling fakes.

[Raffaello Carola]

many famous dealers sell militaria questionable or repro on their websites (all dealers or collectors can mistake)
I can say Giandomenico is a very good person friendly which is always disponible to solve any problem; just my two cents.

[GAMS1]

I agree , a common repro sold on the german market for some years now ...
The cello is plastic , the easiest point to spot already a repro ...and so many other points !
"Almost" everybody knows those repros in Europe,not the best for sure and far away from a Janke one for example ?
Nick

[valsente]

OK. Thanks to you all for your information about this visor cap. I'm going to delete the page on my website and put it in my "Skeleton Closet".

[Ric Ferrari]

OK. Thanks to you all for your information about this visor cap. I'm going to delete the page on my website and put it in my "Skeleton Closet".

......and here's the mentioned skeleton.......just to keep memory if for any reason it will pop up again

Ric

[Ric Ferrari]

Wow....it seems another rare FJ badge (#15) wartime issued to Italian para' trained in Germany has been sold by a repros seller.....may be another B. Russel's stupid ? (with all due respect )

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=756004&page=7

Ric

....I'm still personally sure that this badge is original......

[valsente]

Wow....it seems another rare FJ badge (#15) wartime issued to Italian para' trained in Germany has been sold by a repros seller.....may be another B. Russel's stupid ? (with all due respect )

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=756004&page=7

Ric

Probably. I would like to buy it even if not just like mine. It seems made by "zama" and that it's very interesting.

[Ric Ferrari]

Probably. I would like to buy it even if not just like mine. It seems made by "zama" and that it's very interesting.

There were 2 for sale : one by zama (n° 13) and another just like yours (listed with n° 14).

Ric

[Semovente]

At the end of the Day no one is Fire proof !??...Dealers or collectors ..WE all get caught at some time no matter who you may be etc...nobody know's it all...