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Help verifying SS-VT cap skull button?

Article about: What do you all think? It has the right marks, it's 3 piece construction. I'm just concerned it looks so "fresh." Was purchased from a lot at Affiliated Auctions advertised as &quo

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    What do you all think? It has the right marks, it's 3 piece construction. I'm just concerned it looks so "fresh." Was purchased from a lot at Affiliated Auctions advertised as "original" but I trust the experts here more. Thanks!

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    Help verifying SS-VT cap skull button?Help verifying SS-VT cap skull button?These are Mr. Kraemer's and they strike me as legit.

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    The button on mr. Kramers sidecap is a fine original , however the one that started this thread is not .

    It is an infamous highend reproduction of correct construction .

    Of note are the difference in " pebbling " on the front ( small sharp pebbles on the fake instead of soft bubbles like on the original below ) , and the " broken 9 " in the marking on the reverse .
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    Last edited by Winkelman; 09-13-2016 at 07:13 AM.

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    " Broken 9 " on reproduction presented here ..
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    Thanks. I thought so. I owned one of these side caps with this badge decades ago.

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    Reverse of ORIGINALS - the " 9 " on the bottom 1194-40 here is flawed also , but in quite a different way .
    These repro " 1194/40 " buttons are notoriously dangerous fakes , but when held in hand , the material used is also of a different quality ..
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    Last edited by Winkelman; 09-13-2016 at 06:51 AM.

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    Thank you. Very helpful, indeed. We are grateful for your splendid wisdom and fine archives.

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    Help verifying SS-VT cap skull button?I am more prone to this type, of which I still have a cap of this type.

    This item is ex the Stadnicki collection.

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    Thanks to Mr. Kraemer, too, whose images we employed for the edification of the greater commonweal!

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    These quite good fakes were produced by a couple of enterprising chaps in Budapest...the same pair responsible for the Deschler "moustache" fake and its attendant eagle...

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