Army eagle

[Masonk]

Steve,
I actually had that thread book marked (amongst many others) as it was a good reference.

Pammy,
It should measure about 4" from tip to tip. I'm fairly certain this is a breast eagle, though. And no problem at all!

[pammy]

yeah,your right eric its 4in..thanks so much !

[Jerry B]

Hi Pammy, the thread starter is a well known fake, with the flaw in the left wing, the wrong number of inner wing feathers and the incorrect weave on the reverse.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Jerry is correct, a well known fake. Just commit the weave pattern to memory. The back is totally worng.

Here is an ORIGINAL.

Cheers, Ade.

PS: I see Jerry has been busy while I was posting Nice one.

[Killroy]

Jerry is correct, a well known fake. Just commit the weave pattern to memory. The back is totally worng.

Here is an ORIGINAL.

Cheers, Ade.

PS: I see Jerry has been busy while I was posting Nice one.

Is my comment about the horizontal lines that can be seen when held up to the light something that can be a good indicator as well?

[Eric Zentner]

Jerry is correct weave is totally wrong.

[Jerry B]

Another feature to look for on originals, is that the woven thread is twisted, whilst on fakes it is usually straight.

Jerry

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jeff, re your comment on the lines: something that I would not bother doing as more obvious factors come into play.

Cheers, Ade.

[Eric Zentner]

Another feature to look for on originals, is that the woven thread is twisted, whilst on fakes it is usually straight.

Jerry

Jerry ive heard and seen that too thankyou for the info you have been very helpful.

ERIC

[pammy]

thanks jerry and ade ,you been very helpful ! i new it had a chance of being a fake so i took a gamble at $10 + $10 for the block of 100 adolf hitler stamps .thanks again jerry and ade. as this is one thing i have not run into a lot of so know thanks to your help i will know ! take care and many thanks.