Stogieman

OK, OK........ Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.....

ooooooooooooooo. I'm thinking Heiko will be as green as my trademark backdrop when he sees these!

Hi Don, no, the award wasn't upgraded upon a bump in rank, but he could earn a second one....... Long-serving NCO's will pop up with some really odd pieces like a Saxon Honor Cross, or sometimes the odd Saxon War Merit Cross. However, the War Merit Cross would have to be returned if he won any other war decoration from Saxony...

Hi David, I don't have the numbers, snagged these photos awhile back. The badges are not offered by any one individual..... they show up in both the US, the UK and Europe from a multitude of sellers. Beware of ones with the pins snapped off....... look very closely, a snapped pin and there's a high probability it's one of these.

FAM in Bronze was Gefreiter, not Unteroffizier, Nicht wehr? If UFZ, shouldn't it be a silber FAM??

Irrespective, a wonderful little Saxon Bar!!

Pretty spectacular group Rick

These little gems have been cast from originals. Under magnification, the casting pock marks become glaringly obvious. In addition, they're about slightly shorter than an original badge. Width is almost perfect. In addition to Pilot & Observer; a similar design/constructed Prussian Aerial Gunner Badge bearing fake Meybauer maker marks has been observed. The design follows Meybauer badges correctly with respects to correct style of crown and ribbon on the front. reverse bears 3 fake rivet impressions to give the illusion that the bird is riveted together a la Juncker..............

Use Caution!!!!!!

An odd side shot:

Reverse of Observer

The Prussian Observer fake:

Notice how very close they are in many, many respects. Detail of maker mark:

Reverse of pilot:

Some additional photos of the latest batches of fake Prussian & bavarian Badges on the market.

Greetings Matthias! Wonderful!

Well, I will say that yet again, we find validation & vindication of the "No Crown Mark" theory....... for the rest of you Philistines, send all your fake badges without the crown mark to me for proper disposal!

Well, there's just something about mounted groups........ Now, if you just had his ribbon bar....

I thought this might excite a couple of you guys........

Y'all might want to take a look at this one!

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=4...indpost&p=42583

Gee whiz........ he's never even shown this one off to me! Now that speaks of history.....

Wow. Pretty neat stuff and information from both you guys!

I'm just happy that Chris was able to get this one. Very special, but I will not scarf his thunder!

I have a question..... by altered, would that include changed serial numbers? I am just curious. Having been advised to steer clear of anything that has been monkeyed with......

Third Badge is textbook Meybauer. War-time production. Key features being the pin, the bow/crown on the front and the 900 silver mark. War-time Meybauer were almost exclusively in fine silber..... the post 1918 stuff was not.

Now that sure looks like a Godet to me. Pin, hinge, catch and hooks....... right on the money

Hi Rusty, as usual....... beautiful photos of beautiful stuff! Thanks!