I would like to know your opinions on authenticity of this badge if I am going to purchase it.
Panzerkampfabzeichen Badge 25
I would like to know your opinions on authenticity of this badge if I am going to purchase it.
Very nice! Looks textbook -I see no red flags, but if the guy was Wearing it when it got that damage, I'm thinking he didn't have a golden future....
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
I love these badges because it makes you wonder what happened.
Perhaps he did have a golden future Wagriff! Remember, the wound badge comes in gold!
The badge is original. However, the damage is not from being in battle as some may think, but from a botched attempted repair of the catch. A welding torch or suchlike has melted and blown the reverse of the catch area off, note on the angled shot (last but one) that the material around the catch has 'sunk' due to excessive, localised heat. Not a badge for me, especially at dealer prices.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
And that dealer price is a Chinese takeaway short of a thousand smackeroos. ....
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
great shame.
so for $950 pass on it?
It's a rare badge by anyone's standards, but damaged and $950 rare? No thanks...
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
And that is why I belong to this forum
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