Heeres Flak Abzeichen

**youthcollector1** · 09-01-2012, 06:19 AM

Hey guys,
Friends just picked it up for me at local antique mall. Has the same back as the panzer badge I posted and everyone said was fake. Only thing that makes me feel it maybe ok is the other badge that came from theseller(supposely a vet) you guys said was good. Anyways thanks for the help.
C.S

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 09-01-2012 06:19 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Adrian** · 09-01-2012, 07:32 AM

Unfortunately it is a fake. The hinge being an integral part of the badge is a giveaway.

**FALLSCHIRMJAGER** · 09-01-2012, 08:29 AM

Sorry but i have to agree, the badge itself is very flat and thin looking and as adrian has already said that hinge is very poor indeed with what looks like a peice of bent brass as a pin.

**Danmark** · 09-01-2012, 08:51 AM

I have had lots of friends going to Europe saying "if I see any German stuff, I'll grab it for you" ....... and I have to politely decline their kind offer.
The chances of a friend stumbling upon a genuine piece is like me winning the lotto!!

Dan

**youthcollector1** · 09-01-2012, 09:20 AM

Bummer, atleast I am learning. The hinge is what scared me. I will if my friend can return it. Thanks for the help!

**tempelhof** · 09-01-2012, 05:42 PM

i looked at this before and declined to comment as i don't consider myself expert on these, but i must say that hinge really doesn't look like anything you'd see on any authentic badge. it looks "bridge-like" with a lot more play for the pin to rock back and forth than would have been indicative of the quality of a period badge so i am not surprised to see Adrian pointing out the pin as a giveaway at all.

**harryamb2** · 09-01-2012, 08:56 PM

come on guys,you missed the postwar RS clip.wakey wakey.

**Adrian** · 09-02-2012, 06:47 AM

by harryamb2

come on guys,you missed the postwar RS clip.wakey wakey.

That's because the hinge draws the eye away from it!

Not really a typical post war Souval catch as the cut out piece seems to be missing and a round wire hook is soldered in it's place. In fact I'm not sure it the catch plate isn't moulded as part of the badge too and is in fact not a seperate piece.

**tempelhof** · 09-02-2012, 07:06 AM

i can definitely see his point. a cut out there for sure. yet, as you point out Adrian, the catch is a round wire type.

i missed that cut out. it's almost like a hybrid or as you suggest perhaps an altered post war catch assembly.