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Verwundetenabzeichen Marked 81: Factory Conversion to Silber?
Hi, all. I just came across this interesting piece and wanted some feedback and opinions on it. As you can see it's a steel-based 1939 WB that the seller claims is a factory conversion to silver grade by over-spraying excess black-grade wound badges. The seller claims you will also encounter wound badges by this maker (Overhoff und Cie) over-sprayed in a gold color.
I have heard of some people receiving these types of wound badges from vets but I've also heard that some collectors believe that the excess stock was over-sprayed postwar.
Anyone have any info or opinion on this and similar pieces? It's going for $45 which is about a fair price for a black grade I would think.
Thanks for any help!
Best to all,
Adam
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07-29-2010 03:47 AM
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Re: Verwundetenabzeichen Marked 81: Factory Conversion to Silber?
It just appears to be a BWB made to look silver to fool collectors .I have not heard of spraying excess WBs before, but if it is the case I would be interested to know
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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Re: Verwundetenabzeichen Marked 81: Factory Conversion to Silber?
Hi Adam, an original but resprayed badge..Save your money.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Verwundetenabzeichen Marked 81: Factory Conversion to Silber?
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Authentic BWB but kind of ruined by the attempt to masquerade it as a silver grade. I thought it was a plausible story, but then again even if it were true it's still basically a hollow black grade WB.
Best,
Adam
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Re: Verwundetenabzeichen Marked 81: Factory Conversion to Silber?
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aechols83
the seller claims.................
..........The seller claims you will also encounter wound badges by this maker (Overhoff und Cie) over-sprayed in a gold color.............
Don't forget Adam,
Sellers (or should I say certain sellers) will claim an awful lot if they think there's a sale to be made. The likelyhood is that you might well find a hollowback gold grade next time you look!
As always, evaluate the item, not the story.
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