Kuban kossaks arm patch

[samland]

KB - "Kubanskoje voisko"

Original or fake ?

Thanks !

Michael

[TrondK]

This example is made by himself as we can see, but strangely enough uses the blue/ red colors of the Don, instead of the Black/ red colors of the Kuban. I would think that a Kuban tribes man wouldnt do that mistake.

You must first take it thru all the different types of tests, for example burn test, but also to see if it glows under blue light.
If it goes thru all those tests without problems, then still you have no 100% way of saying it is good or not. You will have to take a leap of faith. That goes for every item that has been handmade, the later years the amount of volunteer fakes has skyrocketed, so obviously the artists like to follow these forums to get informed about what they need to modify.

I personally wouldnt buy this example, that opinion are my personal gut feeling based on experience.

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Btw I see you are from Konigsberg, there were found a small amount of volunteer cockades over there last year i think it was, you should try to get one of those since it is your city.

Best of Luck to you Sir.

[Askold]

Agree with TrondK. Looks like a fake that was artificially aged.

[samland]

Thanks for all, friends !

TronDK ! ROA cockades only was find in my city. But in bad condition