The Schrägstich Faker Chronicles

[BlackcowboyBS]

7 hours ago, 922F said:

See ebay 184951476299 and associated.  Ernst is so cheap because it lacks reverse [ACCORDING TO VENDOR] motto ring, allowing visions of epoxy!   

Thanks for this thread! The Ernst August Order is one of the Hannoverians, who is faked pretty much. Compared to the Guelphs he is easy to be copied I think I can see attributes of a cast in this one shhown above.

 

I am suspicious about this one as well I aquired it from E-medals last year and was never relly happy with it, The details look better, but still some suspicious blowholes like expected from a cast. What do you think about this EA Order?

 

One has to take into consideration, that this order was awarded even after the downfall of the kingdom of Hannover and was produced in vienna until 1900?

 

[VtwinVince]

Details don't look good, do they? And unfortunately Barry has sold numerous Imperial fakes over the years.

[BlackcowboyBS]

1 hour ago, VtwinVince said:

Details don't look good, do they? And unfortunately Barry has sold numerous Imperial fakes over the years.

well the details do look better than at the other cross shown here and being identified as a fake from the Schrägstrich-Faker, but still with my knowledge from today I would have send it back to Barry, if aquired today. But one year later, I guess this option is not an option anymore, but next time I will examine every order or medal bought at emedals very precisly.  

[VtwinVince]

I have sent back a couple of orders several years after purchase.

[Simius Rex]

After a restful summer of not defrauding collectors, the Schrägstich Faker is back with his new Fall Line-Up of dreck for that discriminating collector... the kind with more money than good sense.

 

First group: the new assortment of fake medal bars assembled with modern ribbons and mostly fake medals...

The quality of the new line of his fake Turkish material has improved a bit, and sold under his various aliases:

 

 

Edited November 9, 2021 by Simius Rex

[Simius Rex]

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[VtwinVince]

Well, well, the Latvian\Chinese fakers seem to be busy these days. What's next, the kitchen sink?

[Simius Rex]

11 minutes ago, VtwinVince said:

Well, well, the Latvian\Chinese fakers seem to be busy these days. What's next, the kitchen sink?

 

The seller of the above posted fakes is one and the same fraudster with several aliases.  He seems to operate in and around the region of Aachen, but his source or sources of these fakes remains unknown.  The medal bars, however, are entirely his creations with his trademark diagonal stitching.

 

 

 

Edited November 8, 2021 by Simius Rex

[Simius Rex]

I've read comments about these fakes such as, "they wouldn't fool anybody" and "they'll never fetch any serious amount of money."

 

You would probably tend to disagree with these statements after checking-out the result of just one of the Schrägstich Faker's auctions...

Edited November 8, 2021 by Simius Rex

[ostprussenmann_new]

Thanks for sharing this; I recognize many of these bars.  I had a funny feeling about them so I gave up a while ago.  Very sad.

[Simius Rex]

On 08/11/2021 at 22:26, ostprussenmann_new said:

Thanks for sharing this; I recognize many of these bars.  I had a funny feeling about them so I gave up a while ago.  Very sad.

 

I hope you didn't get stuck with any fake bars.  This fraudsters fake bars with fake medals fetch astonishing prices like the one below that sold recently on eBay.  It's got modern ribbons, a fake Red Eagle, a fake Albrecht Cross, a fake Afrika Medal, a fake Long Service Cross, and 4 fake combat clasps. 

Edited November 10, 2021 by Simius Rex

[BlackcowboyBS]

unbelievable, but I often asked my self if these auctions are all real bidders. I know that these fakers work together and bid the auctions higher to lead real bidders to pay more money. One sign to recognize it, is that the bidder list is not open, so you can't follow the stream. 

[VtwinVince]

Yup, it's overt manipulation of the market by a few fakers, otherwise known as 'the club', in Germany. There is one guy in particular who constantly posts on ebay.com, selling not only Imperial fakes but III. Reich as well.

[drspeck]

Here's what they currenly have on the Evil-bay, part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

[Ian]

Yet another, if it was needed, reason to belong and contribute to this fantastic forum.  Thank you all for contribution to this insightful series of post, and I hope it has saved someone from making a serious error.

[VtwinVince]

Thanks for those images. I've been watching that Fire Cross, as I had a genuine one recently. It is a very good, and dangerous fake.

[Peter Cornwell]

As always Caveat Emptor, but this guys output is impressive. His latest eBay offerings are still attracting plenty of interest but all the warning signs as described in this thread are evident. Thanks for flagging this Simius Rex - I for one could well have been fooled.

[Craig]

I agree, something pretending to be something it isn’t is beyond contempt.

[drspeck]

They are at it again, a big haul this time ???

 

 

Edited December 20, 2021 by drspeck

[drspeck]

This one was added today

 

 

[BlackcowboyBS]

33 minutes ago, drspeck said:

This one was added today

 

 

Okay, but even if this one would have been an original, what should it be? I haven't have the slightest idea.

[bolewts58]

Another ebay seller who sells the same junk every week, likely as a third party seller has the id of porre81. His real name is Mark Porreda. I actually have his address in Germany somewhere. He photographs all his stuff on a black background and is fond of using lots of artificial aging chemicals. I had an altercation with him once and he's a really nasty prick.

[VtwinVince]

Good to know. This latest assortment runs the gamut from OK to very good. I think someone in 'die Heimat' needs to deal with this character.