Repro unmarked Parteiabzeichen

[Jo Rivett]

Dont fall for them, it`s the dreaded unmarked fake, covered on pp. 400-405. of the mighty Tome

[Erno]

Since I've been learning about these, I've encountered fake badges on almost every dealer website. Oddly, the dealers' good reputations don't make the badges any less fake.

[Jo Rivett]

Since I've been learning about these, I've encountered fake badges on almost every dealer website.

Yes, the more modern copies of these without patina and sometimes a different reverse die are usually described as fake, as the example below from early 2013 shows...



But if you dont take a deep interest in party badges, or keep up to date with recent publications/discussions, then it is understandable how these unmarked fakes slip through.
I have seen them for sale as genuine on many dealers websites, and given the thumbs up on fora as well.

[HJ-Collector]

then it is understandable how these unmarked fakes slip through.

mate you ok? feel your brow? lol

[Jo Rivett]

Yep, have to be. And i guess have to stay fair as well. Not everyone takes such a deep interest in smelly, small, irrelevant party badges, so to those who dont (about 99,99997% of collectors & dealers) i guess it looks like an unmarked party badge and nothing else. Mate, we see dealers listing SSFM stickpins with RZM and god knows what on the reverse, so if they can think that those are original, then what help is there for a simple small unmarked party badge.