Kolonial Denkm?nze

[Ralph A]

Simple little thing. I believe this clasp represents the last of the series beginning 1893.

Edited July 9, 2006 by Ralph A

[Ralph A]

Reverse, and a close up. Thanks for looking.

[HeikoGrusdat]

Ralph..... your battle clasp is a very new one, sorry one of the actual german fakes running on ebay every week....

[Ralph A]

Thanks for saying. Back to the dealer!

[Christian L]

have to agree heikos statement - and the price would be more than a bargain if real!

christian

[HeikoGrusdat]

and to show the tragedy of these fakes for the buyers AND dealers...: Kalies, a well known and good dealer from germany, has some of these (in my eyes) fakes for sale for up to 260 Euro!!!!!

[eitze]

You have to be very careful if you want to buy German Colonial items on ebay.

I think over 90 % of the medals and clasps are crap

Here you see two examples sold last year.

The first went for 167 Euro and the second for 113 Euro.

[eitze]

If you have a shiny gilt or the above brown clasps, with this laser-made letters which all look the same - caution

Here you see a piece which I bought via ebay two years ago for 166 Euro

I `ve sent it to D. Niemann for a "Expertise" and he certified, that it is a "Original" - but beware: this clasp is definitly a FAKE !!!

After I bought it, the seller offered several other pieces - all in the same design and also another "Ponape" clasp

So I have paid for my stupidity and learned for the future

Greetings

eitze