DJ Shooting Badge M1/63 Real or Fake?

[aikibill69]

I am collector of HJ items and I am looking at my first shooting badge. I know that it is a minefield with mostly fakes floating around. I saw this one advertised as being made by Herder&Engels. The location of the maker's Mark seems different from most that I have seen.

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I have read on this forum that perhaps most of the real HJ shooting badges are of this M1/63 maker's mark. I don't know if this too applies to this DJ badge. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Jo Rivett]

M1/63 was Steinhauer und Lück from Lüdenscheid.

 

[aikibill69]

Thank you for your quick response. So if the M1/63 maker's mark is for Steinhauer und Luck, then I take it that they were a known maker of DJ shooting badges. Correct? But regardless of the maker, do any of you think that this is a reproduction or that it is the real deal? Thanks!

 

[Jo Rivett]

Sure looks real.

 

[Wim Vangossum]

I agree with Jo. It looks fine. Other good makers are M1/77 and M1/52. The rest is a mine field I guess...


Regards, Wim

 

[aikibill69]

Thank you for your help gentlemen!