Once again if anyone is looking for a good original Afrikakorps cuff title I have one coming up in my sale @bamfords this coming Monday:
WW2 Third Reich Heer Afrikakorps Cuff title. Full length,...
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Once again if anyone is looking for a good original Afrikakorps cuff title I have one coming up in my sale @bamfords this coming Monday:
WW2 Third Reich Heer Afrikakorps Cuff title. Full length,...
Just a reminder that the cuff title shown in post 269 is now online as lot 2251 in my Dec 11th sale. There is also a mint unissued title in the same sale.
Cheers, Ade.
This one has been sewn to a tunic with the edges folded under. Brit Veteran bring back. Never been in a collection before. Will be in my December militaria sale @bamfords.
Cheers, Ade.
Very nice. Well done.
It is good.
I am not keen on it and it offered to me I would pass on it.
A lot of reproduction insignia made in America in the late 1940's / early 50's by a company called "Patch King" used this type of mesh...
If anyone is looking for a good Afrikakorps cuff title, I have this one coming up in my March 13th sale @bamfords.
This is all down to how the machine was set up and how the cloth was tensioned. This will lead to variations. Also bear in mind two different machines may have been used.
But the basic traits of...
it is fine.
Paul is correct.
I have had an original one come into work this week. Unissued, but with a green ink stain to one end. Goes up for auction at Hansons in March.
Original
Hi John, sadly it is a bad one.
Chers, Ade.
Hi Jim, it is fine.
Cheers, Ade.
Hi Mark, thanks for showing another good original.
I have this one coming up next week at work.
Cheers, Ade.
Outright fake. As this was NOT an award it was never remade for the new 1957 reissue awards.
Cheers, Ade.
Original. It confirms to all the traits described in my article.
Hi Morris, no worries with this one, it is good.
Cheers, Ade.
As stated, it is fine.
Hi Steve, it is fine and original.
Cheers, Ade.
Hi Dhasso, welcome to the forum!
Tim is correct. It is a fake.
Cheers, Ade.
Rest easy, it is original.
Cheers, Ade.
Hi Chris, thanks for these images.
I think with the info found here, the fakers have corrected many mistakes. This is a dangerous fake. However, there are errors in letter shapes. I am loathe to...
You are correct: Original.
Cheers, Ade.
There were tan and and a more olive green coloured edges to the titles that is all.
Cheers, Ade.