Officer's sleeve eagle

[Francesco]

Hi guis,

what do you think about these sleve eagle?......I like but I would like to also have your opinion.

cheers
Francesco

[Francesco]

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[herrgeezer]

Hello Francesco...

I have one very simliar I purchased as an original about four years ago. I got burned several times on these eagles and have stayed away from them since that last purchase.

This one looks correct in construction. I hope someone else pipes in here and gives you a definitive answer as I'm feeling a little wishy washy about this one.

Is this eagle in your collection?

There are only a few dealers that I would trust to purchase one of these eagle from, because as I understand it now, the fakes of these SS sleeve eagle have gotten very convincing for those of us who may not exactly what to look for.

I have heard, but not read anywhere, that there should be three or maybe four distinct types of bullion on these birds too. The two in my collection only have three different types of bullion that I can see. And that's all I can count on the one you posted as well.

Cheers.

[Ian Hulley]

The construction does look correct but the beak and the leg/feet/wreath area say "No" to me,but these are not my strongest area (if I have one at all) Wait for the REAL experts.

Cheers,Ian.

[tinmantis]

Hi guis,

what do you think about these sleve eagle?......I like but I would like to also have your opinion.

cheers
Francesco

Hi Francesco,
I'm no expert but...(how many times do we hear that!)
I tried to collect as many photo examples of authentic bullion eagles a while back, and I have just trawled through them all. I nearly purchased one of these a few years back, and really tried to do the research. It turned out to be a fake, luckily I hadn't paid...
IMO I don't like this one. Here's a pic of a known fake, it seems to match this one. Sorry I can't remember who owns the good top example!
best regards
jon

[Francesco]

WOW!!!!!
only middle bad opinion ........OK,I wait and hope!!!! HE!HE!

Thanks for the information.
All the best
Francesco

[Gary Wood]

There are a lot of very very good BAD examples out there, if i was offered the example that started this thread i would pass on it, well made but my gut says not for me, sorry
cheers,
Gary

[John Pic]

I agree with Gary you could have an eagle just like this from Re-enactor dealers I have pics in my files but cant post pics here for some reason.

[SgtB]

I'm sure it's a repro. Has that synthetic look to it. Looks almost
just like the one on Militaria-net's website, out of the U.K.
Even leans to the left a little.

Thusly,