Chris Boonzaier Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 At a brief first glance this looked to be OK..... Then I looked on ancestry to see who number 148 in the 1st company was.... ...so it is fake...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Was it this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Yup... was on ebay ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 The fakers will fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trajan Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 58 minutes ago, IrishGunner said: The fakers will fake. And may they be consigned to the last of Dante's circles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Beautifully faked, or a post WW1 kameradeschaft badge of ex soldiers of the KB RIR 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 09/08/2018 at 04:16, Bayern said: Beautifully faked, or a post WW1 kameradeschaft badge of ex soldiers of the KB RIR 16 I will go with faked, I dont see it as a thing the Kameradeschafts would really have gone for :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Chris , In post ww1 Germany existed a great number of organisations and societies aimed to the rescue and preservation of the memory of the combattants of the past war . In fact the Old Army was not disbanded until the summer of 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Bayern said: Chris , In post ww1 Germany existed a great number of organisations and societies aimed to the rescue and preservation of the memory of the combattants of the past war . In fact the Old Army was not disbanded until the summer of 1919 Indeed... there were many associations... but I really do not see anyone riffing on a copy of Hitlers dogtag back then. I stick with the thought this is a modern fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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