M1/70 HJ honour badge - good?

[edteach]

I see some have concerns over this maker M1/70 but I can not see anything that makes me think this badge is anything but an old original. From the quality to the patina. Any thoughts?

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[ewan0939]

Hi there,

I am no expert on the HJ Ehrenzeichen (Honour badge), however there is a complete study on the forum all about the M1/70 being a massive fake.

Study of Fake M1/70 HJ Honour badges (HJ Ehrenzeichen) in the Fake section under metal badges,

this study will tell you everything you need to know about this fake badge, hope this helps.

Best regards......Ewan

 

[Garry]

From Ewan's link which lists 69 of these M1/70 badges: The maker M1/70 lost his licence in 1935 and there are no known small badges of any other type from this maker" (proof of the loss of the RZM licence is shown). Jo Rivett has examined many of these badges and he considers all M1/70 HJ honour badges to be fakes. With that in mind you should avoid them and go for a badge made by a known good maker as discussed in this thread:

How many makers of the Hitler Youth Golden honour badge were there? | HJ Honour badges

This is the running list of Hitler Youth Golden honour badge makers. As new confirmed makers come in they will be added to this post. Note: to be included into this list the maker must be shown in a primary source and/or the badge must be fully discussed. Golden honour Badge Prototype Alte...

www.hj-research.com

 

[crack]

Yes. Having read a few threads on the forum just now it would seem that any badge with a number that low would have been made by RZM 15 Hofstätter. With M1/70 having lost his RZM licence and not being a badge maker anyway I don't think there can be any doubt that these M1/70 badges are modern copies. They seem to be made very well and do look convincing though.