Bronze Infanteri Sturmabzeichen Original or Fake ?

[vlad72227]

Hello,
Can I please get your opinions on this badge?
Best regards,
Vlad

[Larry C]

Hi Vlad...be patient some of the Award Gents will be along shortly.

Welcome to the Forum

Regards Larry

[bsiwula1]

Hello again Vlad. I feel confident in saying that this is a period original badge, and a quite attractive one at that. The key to authentication is finding that hinge setup which is quite unique, having a soldered pin to a sleeve, as opposed to a shepherds hook style set up, which is more commonly seen. Ralph, Fischer, Stewy and or MAP will be able to tell much quicker than myself, but I will continue to look. Best regards.

Brian

Edit: I may be off in thinking so but it could possibly be a lilly pad hinge but it's too darkened around the base to tell with accuracy.

[rbminis]

This is an original, un-pebbled variant, RK, attributed to Rudolph Karneth.
Ralph.

[vlad72227]

Thanks