Metal Eagle

**johnschou** · 02-06-2017, 02:51 PM

Hi Forum
A seller wants to sell me this metal Eagle, to me it looks all right, any comments, is its fake or real ?
Regards
John

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 02-06-2017 02:51 PM

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**Sarge** · 02-07-2017, 09:49 AM

It's a cast iron political eagle and is a repro from the 80s.
Sarge

**johnschou** · 02-07-2017, 10:11 AM

Hi Sarge
Thank you for your info, I had my doubts about it, I will keep my money in my pockets.
Regards
John

**CARL** · 02-07-2017, 11:33 PM

An original has been posted somewhere within the forum...

Although many believe or identify such pieces as wall adornments, the example above is actually an attempt at an early pattern desk eagle - note the stubs to reverse, which would form part of the stand/legs.

Thread moved to the appropriate forum.

Carl

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 02-07-2017, 11:38 PM

I have a fake of this type from the late 1960s.

**Duzig** · 02-08-2017, 10:05 PM

Hello,
For my own knowledge why is this particular eagle cited as being a repro? Is it a casting of an original or what because to my untrained eyes, including the details on it, this looks very much like others that I have seen in the past with the stubs on the reverse for attachment of a stand? Thanks for any further information.
Duzig(Bill)