Any opinions on this tunic? A college professor from the university of Texas wants to trade for some of my items. He sent it to me so I could decide if I wanted it or not. Thanks
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another, sorry about the lousy pics, the eagle does have depth to the bullion by the way.Comment
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going by the insignia alone I would pass on it.
That skull looks like it has been in a serious accident. This is what it should look like.Comment
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It also has stripped sleeves, a name tag inside left pocket, a strip of cloth on each side with holes in it.Comment
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I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole, as the old saying goes. Why does it have a KRIM battleshield? The TOTENKOPF Division was no where near the Crimea. It was in the north around Leningrad. Keep your stuff... this ain't worth it IMHO. The collar tab should look like one of these (sorry for the bad photos):
SS-TV style:
SS-Totenkopf Division style:
BobLast edited by Bobwirtz; 12-29-2005, 08:27 PM.Comment
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that is a big time accidentComment
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You had better pass on this one. Looks bad all around.
Very nice tab Tony,
Glenn"A Man's Got to Know His Limitations"Comment
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Now that's one crappy put together tunic!!Comment
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Thanks alot guys, I just feel sorry for the guy that sent it to me. He got it from a person he thought he could trust almost 20 years ago.Comment
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Untrustworthy people in this hobby is NOT A NEW THING... been going on since I started collecting way back when... but the important thing is that YOU didn't get stuck with it because you have the benefit of this website. Many of us that started collecting 20+ years ago didn't have the benefit of this... hell, we didn't even have a computer at home! There was no Internet... take advantage...
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The proliferation of older fakes in collections is a huge problem, we have looked to buy several "old" collections lately and they have been ripe with fakes, which puts us in an odd position to have to tell the collector (or their family) that their fathers most prized tunic was completely bogus (or at least messed with). It makes us seem like we are trying to pull the wool over thier eyes, when we can then only offer them part of what they thought would be a huge amount of money. In one case I told the guy I just wasn't intersested at all, he was offended and sent it all to an auction, where the local uninformed masses paid premium prices for reproduction crap....Last edited by Mr.Jerry D; 12-29-2005, 10:17 PM.Comment
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