Scary new fake 1870s

[EK2]

Greatly appreciated, thank you Greg

[baerchen]

Thank you for sharing this !!!

[Watchdog]

Thanks Greg,
I had no idea about these as the 1870 EK falls just outside my collecting "scope". However, such is my interest in militaria that if I found one that based on my general knowledge of such things, looked good at a feasibly "good" price" this would be a trap I might fall into. As the saying goes "Time spent on reconnaissance is never wasted"

Regards

Mark

[Chopperman]

Here are some high res scans of a Godet marked Type22 fake TypeB cross.
(shown with permission of Hagrid)

[Chopperman]

Here are some high-res scans of a Wagner marked Type22 fake TypeA cross.
(shown with permission of ErichW)

[Chopperman]

another fake Godet marked TypeB.
(shown with permission of WilliZ)

[Kohima]

This reinforces my longstanding decision not to collect medals (though such fakery is certainly not unique to medals)!
Nasty, nasty, nasty lowlife.

[AndyM35]

As the heading of this thread states, this is “scary”, and very off putting. I have some crosses in my collection, but like Kohima, would be tentative in dipping my toe in too deep until I had the time to really study them a lot more.

[Peeloo]

Thank you Greg!
This all-encompassing falsification is very frustrating.
Especially since the fakes are getting better and better!
Regards,
Peeloo

[Pauls1970]

Thank you for posting this Greg, you're a good guy. Threads like this, just keep all collectors aware of the negatives & keeps us on the positive side, thank you, this is right across the board of collecting.
Thank you
Paul