VtwinVince

Yup, nice one.

Here is a jacket which belonged to Leutnant Robert Strey of Jasta 2, previously of Jasta 25 in the Balkans. It is a standard Kraftfahr-Truppen issue with upgraded Prussian officer's buttons, a fur lined collar and officer's shoulder boards with fire gilded Fliegertruppe props. I also have a couple of flying helmets which belonged to Strey. There is a tailor's label inside the inner pocket which says, 'Leutnant Strey Kngl. Pr. Jasta 2 Boelcke'.

Yikes, looks like the 'engraving' is cast in to the back.

That's good news, I've got two of those.

That one looks real to me.

I like that one as well, but the price is stupid.

How about another fake EK? This one on German fleabay and over 500 euro.

Oh dear, it never ends. I'm starting to wonder if any real people are actually wasting this much money.

I saw that one, pretty cool combo. I have a couple with the Kreuz fuer Eltern und Witwen.

Seems like wrecking perfectly good EK's with spurious engraving is all the rage these days. Here's another with a laughable attempt at looking period correct.

Very interesting to see a double Beamter combo.

Yup, saw that. Astonishing gall to try and shill this junk as having anything to do with Ludendorff, looks more like something out of the film The Blue Max.

Other things bothered me about that bar, including the minty ribbons and type of thread used. And the combination of awards, of course.

Rick, I had a good long look at that bar, it's the KO and RAO medals combo, with one on the war ribbon (rare). But I'm not so sure that this bar is legit, certain things about it have me doubting.

It's all fake Rick, the document in its syntax is not conducive with that period, and there are grammatical errors.