Embroidered Breast Eagle

[Fred Green]

These Reddick's are not manufactured on badge cloth nor a fine felt.

Fred

[Fred Green]

Ad on their website: http://www.reddickmilitaria.com/ww2-...e-embroidered/

Same ad in their catalog. You won't get this eagle when you order though.

It appears that Epic Miliraria is carrying them now: https://www.epicmilitaria.com/early-...n-backing.html

And a Panzer variant: https://www.epicmilitaria.com/early-...nic-eagle.html

Fred

[Norm F]

Excellent work. Thanks Fred.

The Epic Militaria iteration is not quite as good, but in general terms this whole experience shows how easy it is to counterfeit embroidered insignia and badges.

From your comparison image I see the original is a few millimetres longer than the copies -- could you please provide measurements of those two from wing-tip to wing-tip for future reference?

Best regards,
---Norm

[Fred Green]

Hello,

The Reddick eagle

[Fred Green]

The original eagle

[Norm F]

Thanks Fred. I've tried to scale the tape measures to one another to better compare the two eagles (although there's a bit of distortion from the camera lens perspective), and in the second image I moved the top eagle over to align the wingtips. It appears the wingspan of the original is about 1.5 mm shorter than the copy.

Best regards,
---Norm

[Fred Green]

Hello,

I have ordered another eagle from Reddick's and the 2 from Epic. I will post them when the arrive. I will continue to look for this eagle on other reproduction sites. If anybody sees one for sale. please drop me a line here or at fredgreen16@hotmail.com with a link. Thanks.

Fred

[John Hodgin]

Excellent thread, thanks for all your work Fred!

[Fred Green]

Hello,

As a I said in a post before, I ordered a Reddick's eagle and 2 eagles from Epic. This is the link to the Reddick's eagle from their site and printed catalog: http://www.reddickmilitaria.com/ww2-...e-embroidered/
This is the eagle that I received from them. Picture below. I had done this before with the same results but I wanted to make sure. For a re-enactor, I would be pissed that I didn't get the pictured eagle. They have been doing this for some time though.

Fred

[Norm F]

Yep, same thing happened to me 2 years ago...
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...03#post7347403

Best regards,
—-Norm

[Fred Green]

Hello,

Although I could care less about this crappy eagle, Reddick is doing a great disservice to its customer base by advertising one style of eagle and selling another.

I had also purchased one earlier from them to compare with and got this same crappy eagle. I emailed them then and go the response that is was just a job lot eagle, or what ever the distributor had. Weak excuse.

Fred

[Lenny W]

Here is one I've thought was an original it's a little worn down but the swastika and wreath are thin like the one in the period picture

[Lenny W]

here is one i've thought was an original it's a little worn down but the swastika and wreath are thin like the one in the period picture

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[Norm F]

Here is one I've thought was an original it's a little worn down but the swastika and wreath are thin like the one in the period picture

Your photos aren't coming through but I followed the link and now attach them here.

Also, a comparison to the period portrait.

Best regards,
---Norm

[Lenny W]

Your photos aren't coming through but I followed the link and now attach them here.

Also, a comparison to the period portrait.

Best regards,
---Norm

Thanks Norm