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My Gausieger, have I been sold a fake?

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    Default My Gausieger, have I been sold a fake?

    I know I posted the photo on my other thread but I got a message from someone who I showed the photo to that it is a fake. Now the more I compare the newly arrived Gausieger to others I am starting to doubt it.

    The enamel on the badge is white, that was my first red flag (it didn't look white on the ad)

    The second letter, 'A' doesn't look right. And the letters are very thick.

    The red colour in the HJ emblem is quite bland

    The eagles head doesn't look right.

    My Gausieger, have I been sold a fake?

    My Gausieger, have I been sold a fake?

    My Gausieger, have I been sold a fake?

    compare it to a real one...

    My Gausieger, have I been sold a fake?

    My Gausieger, have I been sold a fake?

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    It's winging its way back to whence it came...

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    Just as well, it's junk. You don't show the reverse though, that would also condemn this particular badge as a fake. Please always post obverse and reverse pic's whenever possible Jamie, and let the fox see the rabbit as they say.
    'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
    We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
    It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
    Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'

    In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.

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    Thanks Ned and noted re the rear end. The rear of said badge is in the 'Kreissieger' thread I started. However, on this badge the name of the maker was stamped in rather than standing proud.

    My Gausieger, have I been sold a fake?

    The chap I bought it from is giving a full refund but still believes it to be genuine despite my pointing out the flaws.

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    Educational post. The difference in quality of the original versus the reproduction (fake if being impolite) is striking.

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