slap yo mamma & give me back my €72.- !!!
What a waste of time & money
The obvious.
Well that was actually when i had it in hand. From the photos we have seen so far, of the 4 or so shown online, they actually look semi-decent. The strange "Y" pattern under the red enamel is what captures the eye - Aye, indeed, and Y, or why? maybe so that collectors will say -
Well why would a faker go to that much trouble to make the badge, then ruin it by incorp. such a stupid pattern? therefore, it must be real. (in fact that was already said on WAF) In any case, once i had unpacked it, and had it in my hand, i knew, with 100% certainty that it was a cheap fake. And i do mean cheap. Cheap and ugly.
The Reverse
No patina, no wear and tear, in fact it is not even messing, but rather a cheaper copper mix, commonly found on fakes from the 80`s-90`s made in the UK.
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The outside rim
No patina, just a cheap base material
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The inner boundaries
No patina, just a poor cheap base material
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The enamel
Well it is glass enamel, and high firing enamel to boot, but nowhere near what period enamel looks like under magnification
The pattern
I wont bothering mentioning the Y pattern, because it is irrelevant, but what is worth mentioning, is that the dots, are in fact the dreaded Pigs Trotters, the same are found on the fake Volksdeutsche in Ungarn badges marked R.K, and the same are found in my
book on the fake GPB (Latvian fake)
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The pattern II
There is a "padded" pattern under the white enamel. I covered this in my book, and without a doubt when this is seen, it means that it is a modern fake. (By Padded i mean that the pattern was not hand engraved onto the ready working die, but transferred from the working hub, or the master die, directly onto the working die, and impossibility if this was made 80 years ago.)
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A quick test is enough on this one, it is not messing, shows no wear at all, the dies were constructed unlike period badges, but exactly the same as a few fakes i know of originating from the UK.
The only conclusion to be reached, is that it is not,
with 100% certainty, an original Third Reich item. My guess is that it was manufactured by Christopher Ailsby
and not that long ago either, a few years maybe..