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01-10-2017 02:24 PM
# ADS
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Hi, sorry, but that one is a cast fake, the "pitting" from the casting process is very clear on the reverse. Leon
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Hi Rivanius,
You can forget this one, it's a cast fake. Note the pitting on the wreath and eagle, that's not what you want to see on an original GWL Luft Para badge. The hardware is also incorrect.
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
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Both Leon and Ned have hit this badge on the head.
When I looked at it I knew I had seen it somewhere before and although I haven't got any photos I believe this is one of the cast badges that was surprisingly produced in Spain in the mid 80s.
I remember adding one to my repro collection and found that the plating is very heavy. I warmed it up..the inner filling (either zinc or lead) came pouring out leaving a spider like casing.
All the best
Doug
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Thanks a lot to you guys. I expected the fake news already, was actually expecting the "repro" news.
But thanks to your knowledge i can be sure now.
Thanks
Rivanius
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