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    #256
    Your skulls

    Originally posted by Gran Sasso View Post
    Close-up:
    All 3 skulls have been stamped from the same die. (IMHO)...so they are all fake or all real. I personally do not like them.
    Peter

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      #257
      Originally posted by Robin Lumsden View Post
      All original, but the bottom 2 look like they have been silver dipped.
      Thanks for all the replies. I just called my "source", he stated (and would not lie) they came out of a private household.

      So if those would be OK, is 100,-EUR a fair price for the lot?

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        #258
        100 Euro is fair for the 3 together.

        They came from the Berlin find.
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          #259
          Robin...was the "Berlin Find" at a barracks? I also feel the skulls to be fine

          ..and thank you very much for your support in the thread of a few days ago.

          John

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            #260
            Originally posted by John T View Post
            Robin...was the "Berlin Find" at a barracks? I also feel the skulls to be fine

            ..and thank you very much for your support in the thread of a few days ago.

            John
            John.

            Yes.............they were found under a floor by workmen renovating an old military building. A large quantity (probably hundreds) were uncovered.

            As regards the other thread, you are very welcome.

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              #261
              Ahh...The Berlin Find?

              Veeeeeerry interesting!

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                #262
                SS Totenkopfs

                Well, call me a cock-eyed pessimist, but I don't like the Berlin find. Certain irregularities I could live with, but when they add up, it's usually a bad sign. Now I know that various versions of this early style insignia exist, as standardization hadn't taken place yet. These 3 insignia don't seem to have the same detail that is usually found. Most attachment prongs on early insignia are brass, not silver colored. Why did one of them oxidize to black, while the others have turned to green, which also looks artificially induced? This story of a new "find" could be entirely true. However, such claims, until substantiated, could also be an attempt to explain the same item suddenly appearing in abundance. The original early Totenkopf insignia often have a peculiar "tin" like plating still apparent in areas that haven't worn or oxidized. This plating may include nickle, as it has a "quality" to the plating, which may have been considered cheap by German standards of the 30's, but would be considered high quality by today's cheesy manufacturing quality. I can't post yet cause I haven't joined yet. (I will soon). If you desire pics of some originals, you can e-mail me at: hobie.pirough@aacn.org

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                  #263
                  Originally posted by sgstandard View Post
                  Well, call me a cock-eyed pessimist............
                  The Berlin find was reported in the German newspapers at the time, with photos.

                  These skulls are actually late, not early. They were made during the war for Kav.Rgt.5. Early hussar style, but much later manufacture.

                  The ones from the Berlin find were in white metal, but I also have another one in the identical style, but in zinc with brass pins.

                  They are shown clearly in a book from the 1970s on Kav.Rgt.5. The 'haunted' eyes are very distinctive.

                  Here's a zinc one........................
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                    #264
                    Totenkopf

                    Great info, Robin. Is that the same regiment that wore the smaller totenkopf on their peaked caps?. That particular skull was different, with crossed bones at the bottom. Did this style replace that one?

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                      #265
                      Originally posted by sgstandard View Post
                      If you desire pics of some originals.............
                      Like these.........................? There were a LOT of different styles.
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                        #266
                        Originally posted by sgstandard View Post
                        Great info, Robin. Is that the same regiment that wore the smaller totenkopf on their peaked caps?. That particular skull was different, with crossed bones at the bottom. Did this style replace that one?
                        No................this type was worn by Inf. Rgt. 17..............
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                          #267
                          .............and this type by Kav. Rgt. 5...................
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                            #268
                            Ir 17.................
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                              #269
                              Kr5................
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                                #270
                                Wear of the smaller panzer skull on the cap was unofficial.................
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