Eelke Warrink Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Hi guys, This is my first post here on GMIC. My main interest is building model military vehicles, mostly British, and as a side interest I have taken up collecting British campaign stars. I'd like to have a complete collection of these, and today I received an Air Crew Europe star in the mail. Now I know there are many fakes out there, but I think I have done my homework and bought a real one. But I thought I'd post it here just to make sure. What do you guys think? Thanks! Eelke Warrink Leiden, Netherlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Looks OK to me. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Genuine piece and nice Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eelke Warrink Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Paul, Alex, thank you very much. I appreciate your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 One way of telling is that the bottom of the "V" points to the 1st arm of the "W", attached is mine, fakes or copies the "V" often points more to the right (Centre of the "W) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egorka Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Also one thing I remember is that the real Star has 4,5 jewels in the Crowns arm. Here is on the right is Alex's star. On the lest is the star from OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 We have been here before, perhaps this helps ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eelke Warrink Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 Egorka: the half pearl is there, but it's hard to see because of some slight damage in the area; see the close-up picture. Odulf: thanks, I had seen that article, and I had used it to check my star before ordering. A very helpful article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Hope it's OK to tag onto this post, I've an opportunity to buy this one and have read up on fakes. This looks good to me based on what I've read and seller has had it confirmed by two London dealers as genuine. These are seller's pics Would appreciate your opinions. Thanks, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I'd be happy with this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Thanks for that Alex. As a youngster I wanted to collect all of the WW2 stars. In the 80s I bought an ACE star for small money which was of course a copy. A good opportunity to finally complete my collection. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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