Close Combat badge real or YUK?

[Mark in Cleveland, Tn.]

Local chick sent me pic wanting to sell,yeah upside down, a good one, ground dug relic, or crap?

[von thoma]

It smells like a copy....better ask for pictures of the back, or maker markings

[von thoma]

After research and compare it has the chance of be a clasp made by FEC. W.E. Peekhaus.
Not a copy.

[Mark in Cleveland, Tn.]

Cool, she has a whole grouping of various militaria and of course tossed into the USA jacket buttons( she thiinks are rare) and standard run of the mill US SSI,to weird High school patches to modern Air Force rank sleeve insignia, has a few TR items. Has this, a IC 2nd without ribbon, a bad fake Heer visor cap eagle, the ones with the flat pins(just 2)and a coup[le tunic Adlers look like bevo type in unused condition, the group has a lot od crap with this clasp tossed in along with the other TR relics to *salt the mine* IMO..she offered itall to me for $1000.00 I said ehh, SSI's and all otherUSA militaria are worthless,as in they allover, even cut edge ones for a buck at any show,
She is pretending t be clueless as to what she has,and pretending to be a ignorant femal but *her* posts back and forth to me says otherwise

[von thoma]

The photo shown above is bad, this brooch has different finishes according to the manufacturers

Original clasp of FEC. W.E. Peekhaus Berlin - C.E.Juncker / Berlin

In many reproductions the acorns have a beak, the hand grenade is oversized, poor definition in oak leaves...