prussian pilot badge

ytarg · 18 December 2008, 03:26 AM

Hi all,

I'ld like to show you a prussian pilot badge of WWI. I didn't purchase this one but it was in a little lot of WWI collectibles. The others things was good but this piece ? I'm not a specialist of this kind of piece and I don't know if it is a good or a fake. Then your opinion interest me.
If it is a good one, who is the maker, the value, ...
Thanks for your opinions.
Kindly regards.

Jim · 19 December 2008, 11:39 AM

I expect others will give you their opinions, but to my eye I would say it is a poorly made fake. Real ones have fine detailing - this one appears as if it were made by casting and shows little detailing. This one also seems to have the silver peeling off of the base metal underneath.

Claudius · 12 January 2009, 02:10 PM

It is definitely a fake...or rather a copy because it's so bad; the cast details, the flaking plating and the hallmarks on the back that it can't be mistaken for anything but a modern copy. $10 maybe.

On the positive side, if you’re a re-enactor, you can wear it without any fear of damaging a valuable original. An orginal stamped version...$800+, an orginal two-piece construction $1,100+

VtwinVince · 12 January 2009, 04:26 PM

This is a well known fake by Goede, a company which produces reproductions of numerous Imperial decorations.

dak66 · 15 January 2009, 04:55 PM

I have one that i just bought for about $18.00 and it looks 100% more real than this one But still an interesting find i used to work at a military surplus store and we bought lots of boxes of stuff sometimes you would get lucky and find a jewel (a real medal or pin ) good luck