Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen "25" For opinion please

[ortona]

25 GAB by RK any help appreciated, all the dark has faded off to silver, wreath is silvered, a couple niks to the eagles right wing.
l hope this works, lm and old guy with a new phone l do not know how to use.
Thank you kindly
ORT

[rbminis]

Well, I see that you didn't read the thread that I recommended, so, I have edited the title of your thread, and moved it to the correct section of the forum.
Ralph.

[ortona]

Thank you Ralf, l understand now. appreciate it
Ortona

[Adrian]

There things I do like about it but also things I don't and the things I don't are bothering me. I can't find a match to the date on any known and accepted original Karneth badges. The catch looks a little too wide and the finish doesn't look 'right' for an original piece. I would expect to see surface bubbling on the finish but the roughness of the surface looks like the texture of the material and I'm wondering if this is a cast.
Can you post a photo of the reverse with the pin down please?

[ortona]

ok l,ll get a pic of what you asked..thank you, there is bubbling on the eagle, and reverse, but cant see it in this pic

[ortona]

this is two more pictures

[ortona]

The center looks it may have been silver plated, the dark has faded off, except the tip of the bayonet is dark, its hard to see the bubbling on the HK, reverse is bubbles, mostly to upper part of the eagle, hope this helps some

[MAP]

There are some near perfect fakes of this award. So extreme caution is needed.

The catch plate looks a little odd to my eyes. I will need to pull my books out for some research.ifht be a day or so before I can though.

[ortona]

l thank you for your time and help

[MAP]

After taking a further look. I'm still not liking the base of the catch. Much clearer photos would help as it is still a bit blurry.

That said, I agree with Arian on the number plate not being typical.

With all these open questions, I would pass on this