François SAEZ

mines were found in France

Peter, I strongly believe no

Bob, Can you, please, make a close up of the cap (when you can of course)

Scott, I may be wrong here but it seems to me that we are touching the issue of the real late war badges and the usual question is When were those badges institued Were they ever be awarded (especially the numbered LW Ground Assault Badge) Were they produced and awarded In fact, we have been there many times and several forgeries have been highlighted (document for the numbered LW Ground Assault Badge) To your list we should add balloon badge, von thoma with Spanish Cross in Gold with diamonds and all blabla ... Only advice I can give is to understand that one of the best way to make a fake is to use something where you have few if no reference

Bob, According to regulations, is it possible

Speaking of U-boat emblems, I would like to see wartime pics painted on the boat or worn on the cap of: U-363 U-170 U-333 U-858 U-584 U-802 Merci

Flying helmet with short cable ( ) Wartime photos showing honor goblets, honor roll of the LW, unit stick pins of the LW Unit badges/emblems on flying suits (one example is shown in LiF) Photos showing pilot/crew filling a logbook Very good close up of both side insignas on tropical pith helmet of the LW Pics of flying/survival equipment .../...

it only missed the uboat badge and some Xmas lights

You learn everyday, many thanks

Can I understand the bases of those comments, please

who are "they"? Why don't they come here to explain? Collect by yourself and not by what is said by "X" simply because at the end of the day, nobody else than you is responsible for your own collection.

probably ok as a medal but: not specific to the Legion Condor, medal is still produced ( faked?) Ribbon is new probably because the medal is postwar, piles are sold on ebay

If possible, I would like to see a close up of the pin above the cloth obserber badge - bottom right. Thanks

Even tailored, it looks really big!

looks like one to me

The point is always the same, will you recover your money when you will sell it - probably not but I have overpaid some of my items simply because I wanted them. So, like forrr buying, keeping it should be your decision, others can only give you opinions

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Well only few collectors will buy a carmine tunic when 20.000 would buy a yellow one The tag say 15Feb1939 and not 1945, the name is not identifyed I would examine the insignas, to find trace of others insignas thing is simple: you are comparing a tag dated 15Feb1939 to a tunic as it was at the end of the war - but what happened to the owner or to the tunic in beween, it seems that nobody know, do you? Many addition/transformations were done to the issued uniforms, some were use 2,3 ................ times re-used by different branches/ranks etc,etc ...... many examples are seen on those non regulation uses/modifications. The items are becoming exotic VS textbook, does that make them fake? Krick is right if you want a textbook one or when it will be the time for you to resell it (if you do) but what Drick will not admit is that many things non text book have been use during the war. But a the end of the day you are the one to take the decision, we only give you opinions based on our experiece **** Can you pm me the price, please Fran?ois Lundstr?m

Sorry, Vrick is now saying the tunic is probably messed post war

Tssss .... then, please, why make it pink and not yellow to sell it faster and for more?

I will add that Brick tranlated the label but didn't say it is a mess up jacket For all, not too fast reactions, don't judge a book by its cover as several parameters have to enter in the equation

Well some points to start with the name is not readable Somebody would be stupid enought to change (post war) both collar and shoulder boards BUT to let the tag when it is so easy just to remove it. 95% of the postwar additions are with yellow piping Don't forget that this piping is not only for Gal staff, I think (I can be wrong) that veterinarian use it if the date was 1945 I would be more sceptical