F.A.D. - Assmann - Spade and Pick

[kirby]

Hello A nice style to to start the thread. A passed on one of these 5-6 years at the Maxx Show. I thought the price was high but I wish I had picked it up. Here is my swastika FAD. Kirby

[NortonI]

David,
first of all - the FAD / upright tools buckle is a hammer - ahh no - a spade and pick - simply fantastic one. If I would not need to buy a new car - I would have grabbed into Marcs goodie box last year, when he started to sell his collection.
The other FAD variant is really a problem to me. I must agree, put an nicley aged plate on an old box - et voila - who can say whats right and wrong.
Yury, Kirby - I don't say your buckles are faked, but I always have a bad feeling with this variant of FAD at all.
Guys I don't want to spoil your fun, take it just for my humble opinion.
Cheers
Thomas

[David North]

Thankyou for your kind words Thomas. You know where this buckle came from and you probably have a clue what it cost. Perhaps one of those buckles were a collector only has one chance of ever buying. A stunning buckle in my opinion and for several reasons, not ignoring the Assmann markings. It is interesting that the buckle appears in the Assmann catalogue as item number 21579 - A & S ges. gesch.

The eagle/swastika FAD is however a great problem to many collectors. We know that the design is period and not a fantasy item as it appears in a period Steinhauer und Lück, Lüdenscheid catalogue (item number 9451). In my opinion this is a very rare buckle, however there are just too many around at the moment to make me feel comfortable.

The earlier response about identifying the originals and the fakes is again a PERSONAL OPINION and it really needs more testing as it could be hopelessly wrong.

Regards,

David