Flimsy ... fantasy
Thankyou Garry. But this is a little flimsy or? A badge is under general suspicion because some fakes have been found with that maker's mark "M1/14"? Or is there some other charackteric that allows us to see the difference between fake M1/14 and real M1/14? Jo might give us the answer?
Hi Trommeller.
Afraid you have misread my post. Nothing is
under general suspicion - three of the badges,
are outright fakes!
There are not "
some fakes have been found with that makers mark.." there are no shooters marked with this number, and thats just it. (to be fair, there are no hj shooters observed to date, marked with this number that are genuine) There are a few fantasy numbers on these, naturally of real makers who did make small badges. M1/123 is one, M1/14 is another, and although Christopher Ailsby continually publishes (in-print & online) that M1/66 made DJ and HJ badges, they could not possibly have. All those markings are fake as well, or fantasy if you will.
These badges have been dealt with many times before, so it`s not that i dont want to help you, i just dont want to go around in circles thats all. Yes i know many who own a M1/14 marked HJ badge say it`s real, like i said, Ailsby has no problems even publishing this - it`s all cobblers though (along with most of what Ailsby says,writes, prints, publishes)
In The Party Badge
Book, i showed a fake M1/14 Parteiabzeichen in detail, and compared it to a genuine M1/14 parteiabzeichen. For those wishing to carry on with in-depth research, (or who are unclear why these M1/14 shooters are fake) i would suggest they do the same with these. Find a genuine small badge from the same area marked M1/14, and compare it to these. The material used, the way it was made, the way the tooling that made it was made, the enamel etc etc....
It`s a well known dud, as are the M1/123 marked badges, M1/66 and many of the M1/63 marked badges as well.
If you, or others who are not really up to date with whats real or not, fancy these M1/14 shooters, then i suggest you check the low-ball places like eBid, ePier and Co. and you`ll be able to pick one of these up for a few dollars.
Here is an icollector combo-pack sold for 75 USD:
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