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A massive thumbs down to this seller on E-Bay Canada "Minniespleasures77" theres nothing pleasurable about everything this buggers got for sale ! All repro crap ! although fails to tell you that in...

Gentlemen..........A pair of 57er Marine clasps are presently on sale on E-Bay U.S.A. I doubt the seller is aware they are fakes, so no name and shame..........but their construction is text book...

Regarding the cross above offered by a anderson on E-Bay.....this is his reply to my message advising him on his cross....

"Dear Sir,
Thanks for your time. Let me disagree a bit. I know the...

A well known fake 1957 Knights Cross is the so called "Morigi fake", it is a very good copy of a second core 57er RK made in the U.K. for Nicholas Morigi some years ago and still sold by his firm...

A seller on E-Bay Germany, every 57er he has for sale is crap, being cast or otherwise, most have solid hinge blocks a worrying sign ! it would appear the current fakers have cottoned on to these...

Gentlemen, another fake that has appeared recently, usually on E-Bay Germany is this "Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuz o.Schwertern" Knights Cross of the War Merits Cross with out ...

Which ones...the Chinese seller or the two Canadian sellers ? The two Canadian sellers items for sale can be accessed by doing a seller name search on E-Bay. The Chinese seller details, ...

and even more fakes, although I suspect the same seller as above using another name "minniespleasures77", photographs are so alike ! here are some of this sellers 57ers, KvK I with Swords, U Boat...

more............this seller on E-Bay "loveisallaround12" proudly states in his auction pages "No Cheap Eastern European Reproduction Junk - You will see the difference when you hold these...

and the Horse riders badge (again not officially a 57er badge, but made post war for veterans and still issued today, but without the "R") is not immune, here the wartime and upto 1950 version (with...

No Dan, have a look at this.......Although not a 1957 award, the Hindenburg Cross ran alongside the range post war for veterans to purchase (believed Deumer & Stu L)....here a current copy again from...

I start by showing some current Chinese copies, available from E-Bay. They appear to be well made...The German crosses look better in fact than some late versions from St u L ! however the markings...

Gents, the time has come, unfortunately to post a thread on the fakes that are being banded about the collector circles whether through dealers or the internet.....
Please add to this thread as...