ss Totenkopf button

[ww2.collector]

Today i got this skull Button.
He was verry cheap so Not realy a risk.
I like him mutch but not shure if he is genue.
I never see a bakside like this. I as som other Dealers but no one is shure because they all never see one like this.

Maybe someone can help me?
Sorry but at this time only smartphone picturs possibil.

[SScollector]

This one is a new one, but it has many signs of being of the same manufacture as the known fakes, IMO. From the dark material, to the placement method of the loop ring, to the lack of the smooth edge around the front side and other casting signs, I fully believe that this is the case here.

Chris

[ww2.collector]

Thanks a lot for your opinion.
I will Made next Week something better picturs with normal camera.

[SScollector]

That would be helpful.

Chris

[Funia]

I think this button is not orginal.
Shape of skull and accuracy of detail is not acceptable for serious german warriors.
Peter

[Winkelman]

Nothing wrong with the shape of the skull of course ( for this type ) , but it certainly has all the features you do NOT want to see on these .
I think the fakers have simply realized that marking it with the appropriate 1194-40 will only lead to finding unwelcome information on the internet ..

[PaulMann]

ss vt button

Basically no wear on the skull,
but severely beat up pebbling?
..I'm thinking repop..

cheers,
Pauli

[ww2.collector]

As prommised now the better picturs:

[ww2.collector]

Revers

[SScollector]

I still don't like it, (especially the way the loop is put in).
It should have a smooth edge around the outside and skull is a bit off.
Definitely not for me.

Chris

[Funia]

The Horror.......The Horror must said Colonel Walter E Kurtz when first time saw this button.
Peter

[Urka]

Yes not for me as well
Martin has some for sale on his site
i would preferrably get it from him.
Peter has one tol....but he is askin wtf price

[ww2.collector]

Yes not for me as well
Martin has some for sale on his site
i would preferrably get it from him.
Peter has one tol....but he is askin wtf price

I was not interessed in one of this Buttons, but he cam across my way and was such cheap i must take him.
While he is crap he cam to the crapbox and would not spend next years on the market.......

If he was ok, i like to offer him on my website, but while i did not not such mutch about this buttons i ask bevor i offerd some crap. I have no Experiance with skullbuttons only that Assmann never made such

I prefer to bye for money somthing like this
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...48#post7096548

[Winkelman]

I have examples of both the 1194/39 as well as the 1194/40 , but I still was a bit afraid of what I had filed as " high end repro's " of the 1194/40 .
We never get to see them over here in Holland .
Untill last weekend I finally did , and what a disappointment - the overall appearance , the MATERIAL ( ! ) , and especially the reverse were way off ..

The button posted here can be examined here from pics alone and still fail ( the crack in the reverse rim is IMO deadly plus much more ) , but I am now convinced that judging in hand is so much faster and more reliable ..