Yeah me too.
I would like to think I am little wiser and not so prone to impulse decisions/purchases, but get in the right environment and excited about about something I love and I will convince myself that I just can't live without it. LoL
Yeah me too.
I would like to think I am little wiser and not so prone to impulse decisions/purchases, but get in the right environment and excited about about something I love and I will convince myself that I just can't live without it. LoL
That's why I won't go to auctions .
Agreed...I think you really need to weigh and measure the badge. You'll need a digital scale and some really accurate calipers. When you are talking about fractions of a gram it is important to make sure that your scale is calibrated.
Even with these numbers you still won't be able to tell someone that this is 100% a wartime manufactured badge. The best you can do is explain all the information that is currently available to the collecting community and provide the weight and measurements and then offer a lifetime return on the badge if it is ever found that these were 100% (conclusively) made post May 1945. That is about the only thing you can really do in my opinion. I commend you for not wanting to pass off a suspect badge...but in this case I think that even with the information available you would still have no issues finding a buyer for this 'massive' APB.
All the best in your decision!
Chrys
@ Kradmelder
@ winterhilfswerk
Ok that is great food for thought. I need to find some digital scales and I think I have a caliper in the tool box some where. Once I get the specifications I will post it, but it does sound like it will really iron out the truth. As it appears it will still be speculation, but I am glad I did this as I learned a lot from you guys on the subject. Thanks for all your help at this point.
Im no pro when it comes to these but i read up on them as i had 2 different ones come into my collection however turned out one was a known fake a filler of sorts the other i thought sure was real the detail was superb (lol) until i read that there were 3 cut outs or holes on the real ones. Another for my wall of shame
Personally, I don't care for the soft detailing, and there are a number of discrepancies in some of the design bits. I would not want this piece in my collection.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
i have opne i purchased from latvia a while back and the weight pluss demensions are height58 width 49 thick big detail perfect teeth sharp i cant believe it isnt real but i believe its a repro if we cant go off demensions and we dont have a hallmark. is it real who knows just hope you didnt have to pay a arm&leg
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