one of the S stamped badges turned up on waf the other day as part of a vet bring back group alledgedly ??????
And the number on that one, is surprisingly csimilar to the other numbers on S stamped badges, as is the patina found on obverse and reverse of all of them, even though they are found with different makers codes.
ANY GPB collector will tell you that forgers of numbered awards always cock-up by using the same, or similar numbers - but when it comes to lower class pilgrims badges like these are,
supposedly, then logic applied to Higher Golden shiny stuff wont, cant, MUSTN'T be used on them....
And the second one on that WAF thread, well the number is very close to more of these with either an S stamp, or with the serial number stamped out.
In fact ALL these numbers are so close together that that fact alone, should have raised flags without even considering the way in which they are constructed.
Anyway, any post that starts with "Veteran estate ..." usw.. is the first flag for me that something will not be right... The S stamp may not mean SUCKER, it could have been the German abb. for Scheiße.... it has been rumored that RZM-SS-WACHBATALLION-SONDERSTEMPEL marched around the licensed makers, with big "S" punches in their hands, and stamped an "S" onto anything that they regarded Scheiße.
Or the copper surfboard is a transfer, meant to be peeled off the back, and ironed onto your PT shorts....One badge for your jacket and one for your togs, all-in-one! Hence the letter S for SHORTS !
Lets also not forget, that these S marked, and Striped-out numbers badges, are also the only
Leistungsabzeichen that have
all, long, six-stellig numbers INDIVIDUALLY hand stamped,crooked and heavy-
handed. Every badge before it, and after it, has the numbers done all together, like they would have been, in neat little row. Not to mention that on a few, there are dead giveaways of single letters being over stamped, proof that each
was, hand stamped. (Ignore that, a vet-bring-back-pill will cure the hangover that may come, should anyone doubt the story - heavens forbid)