Holy cow- how did this all become so ridiculous? I don't see long debates about the moral validity of detecting in numerous other, some long-lived, threads by other detectorists- so why here? And...
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Holy cow- how did this all become so ridiculous? I don't see long debates about the moral validity of detecting in numerous other, some long-lived, threads by other detectorists- so why here? And...
We all hope that next time that is what happens, rather than starting with insinuations before a single question has been asked.
I'd not seen that disc before- it actually belonged to Otto...
One flaw in the theory I just found- Dimas posted a photo of a disc from the SS-Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon and it includes a Kompanie number; this disc doesn't appear to have one. The round edge of...
I made a composite of the disc, cropping the more legible bits and placing them above or below the less-so copies, and I put in text to clarify what I see. Sadly, the bit between the 'P' and the...
Wouldn't it make sense then to find out before accusing someone of doing something wrong? Or at least privately query him about the circumstances before launching a public inquiry without any real...
Skippy, the thread starter, hasn't even come back since he first posted to check the answers to his question- now he's got a novel to read LOL
You might have chosen a better set of numbers or a real unit Doodle, but fakers are often quite dumb- that's an easy way we can catch them out: if they make up units completely or otherwise screw up...
Oh there's no issue with the JNP mark being consistent- clearly if the stamp set used to make the discs missing its F, then they should all be the same- being so close in their roll numbers. I've...
Any time ;)
Yup, I have it; the listing is kind of confused but apparently it was first SS-Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon Ost; then Grenadier; and then it became SS-Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 31. It was stationed...
Oh wow- good work Noodledoodle ;)
Man, they're all the same- it certainly doesn't appear to be the case of some guy just stamping 'SS' on an old Heer disc; they all look as though they were made...
Oh? That's a bit odd; not that they all have the substitution- if they're real, they should- but that you've seen several, presumably recently? Soldiers were sent all over, and for several from the...
Because the unit is Heer- there was no SS version. And the Sigrunen are in the wrong place- 'SS' was always part of the unit title, e.g. SS-Panzer-Abteilung, SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung,...
There's a sticky thread at the beginning of the section just on the subject of the Stielhandgranate 24: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/ordnance-ammo/real-fake-stielhandgranate-m24-275325/
evv is...
Sure thing- and yeah, if you can it's always better to check before buying. It's obviously not possible if you're at a flea market, but any other time that you can get images, feel free to post them...
That one looks fine to me- a regular Infanterie-Regiment disc :) You can use the sticky thread at the beginning of the section to go to the Lexikon der Wehrmacht site and find the history of...
No, there's nothing to suggest they're wartime blank discs just stamped in more recent years. On those you can usually see a 'halo' around the stamps where they impact force has caused the patina to...
Hi Tjebbe,
I'm afraid I have bad news for you- all three are fakes. The two GD ones are both very well-known types- the letters are very recognizable; they're the 'Rokas' type. I've posted...
Sigh.
? We're not discussing the fact that 8000 is a high number just in general- but a high number for the type of unit this appears to be. 6067 isn't an unreasonably high number for the Stammkompanie...
Ah, okay so the B is not Bataillon and Brieftauben is messenger pigeon (still not raicing pigeon though); there was indeed a Heeresschule für Hunde und Brieftauben, but I find no record of 'Schule...
How so? What do you believe SFB stands for? It's not an abbreviation I'm familiar with and I can't find any 'translation' that fits, myself. Taube is the German word for pigeon, and Vogel is bird...
Ah, yes, I've only ever seen one other Artillerie meteorlogical platoon disc- very nice. They had a couple of very specialized small units in Artillerie Regimenter- another being sound-ranging, for...
Except that people have been faking things forever, and most auction houses are just venues for sellers; save for places like Christies, they rarely have serious experts to evaluate and authenticate...
Very nice! Especially the crate as I understand they're particularly hard to find in good shape with original stencils...