Freikorps Reinhard stickpin

[Aldo]

I was weeding out some fake pins and such from my collection when I came across this Reinhard pin. Last year I was informed by a member that this pin was in fact a fake that originated with an ebay Germany seller.

See post #29 on this thread:
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/imper...gnia-673304-3/

As of today they are still being sold on ebay as original:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Ge...19.m1438.l2649

Mine on the left has the same exact "wear pattern" as the ebay one on the right. No doubt due to the poor cast

[Aldo]

I bought this pin after I located it in the Husken Abzeichen book. What I failed to realize is that the picture in the book is of poor quality and I didn't realize it should have a blue enamel background. So even when you think you found the answer in this hobby, dig a little deeper to be sure.