Eric Stahlhut

heavily vaulted, magnetic core.

is this a very common civilan badge? can anyone identify the coat of arms? i don't recall ever having seen this particular type of shooting badge before.

dimension: 53 x 40mm

the grey stuff you see is dust that as accumulated on the laquer. comes off when rubbed

nice meybauer setup

here's a nice one that has been laquered at some point. no traces of a finish.

blued steel. very nice

could also be a plaque for a gravestone

another variant

more chops

all in all, quite an attractive, well made badge!

clover chop

double As on pin

six rivets

a nice example of austrian handiwork

ek1 for dimension-large size badge

could this be a case where the medal in question is a medal that has been upgraded into cross grade by being cut, and unfortunately with an incorrect non-meiningen top crown added? that top crown really bugs me. it's totally wrong for a meiningen.

if it turns out to be a variant, awesome score!

more naval albeit bolder and brassier

Of course, being unique is not the same as being real, but it certainly is interesting!

yep! :cheers:

reason why i classified it as fake is because no one has definitively seen anything like it before or can show a comparable example/image. when i posted it eons ago on waf it was decried as such, but for no real reason except that it did not fit within the realm of known examples. btw, certainly took a lot of work for someone if it is indeed a badge made with the intent to deceive. are there lots of these floating around? perhaps it's an early fake from the 50s?

i always have liked finding tricky odd things like this. anyone have fresh news about this?

size comparison

overall dimensions are smaller than a regulation badge. but it's thicker and heavier

detail on pin

well done hinge system