honor badge for Grodno Brigade volunteers

[Eric Stahlhut]

in relatively good shape. some flaking of paint, but enamel is mostly intact

[Eric Stahlhut]

[Eric Stahlhut]

hinge

[Naxos]

Congratulations Eric,

great example!

Edited January 26, 2010 by Naxos

[Eric Stahlhut]

thanks, hardy

these are somewhat difficult to find!

[bolewts58]

This badge is unfortunately a well-made, but well-known copy from ordensammler.com.

http://www.ordensammler.com/html/grodno.htmlhttp://www.ordensammler.com/html/grodno.html

The tell-tale signs are the shallowness of the stamping and soft detail on the reverse, the ghost image of the cross on the reverse and the chemically oxidized wreath. They never had this kind of finish. The wreath was silvered and then painted black. The black is usually worn away on most badges to reveal the silvered brass.

These fakes turn up on eBay all the time and are available from a number of known, spurious dealers.

Here is what I believe to be a genuine badge.

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2012/post-12700-0-76677200-1356580616.jpg.