Block-letter AH cufftitle- good?

[Gran Sasso]

I know those exist, but have never handled one. The source it came from is quite good, but...

Any opinion?

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Front detail - note the "H" already shows some oxidation (not good visible here, therefore marked)

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Back

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Back detail

[Bobwirtz]

100% authentic reproduction. Wrong black ribbon material, six strand borders, better scrutinize your source.

Bob

[Gran Sasso]

100% authentic reproduction. Wrong black ribbon material, six strand borders, better scrutinize your source.

Bob

Thanks - of course I noticed there are only 6 instead of 7 strand-borders, but took the chance.

The problem is, even if you get stuff from vets or their families, this is no guarantie anymore that everything is ok.

[Bobwirtz]

Many vets gave most of their prize souvenirs to their kids who took them outside and lost them in the sand box, or took them to school and traded them for an old beat up baseball or something. Years later while attending a gun or militaria show they found some of the same stuff they brought back and bought it. Some of it was sold to them as reproductions and sometimes as the real thing. After they passed away, the family found this stuff and of course never knew that Dad had replaced the stuff with reproductions, knowingly or unknowingly. So when a collector answers the call and finds that most or all of the stuff is reproduction, the family gets angry because they figure you're trying to get the stuff cheap. So this situation is becoming more frequent. Of course the number of WWII veterans is dwindling each day.

Bob