#34995
07/16/2009 03:12 AM
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You know it was only these last few years we've been able to relax a little when we came upon a brass ring with a silver wash. 90% of the time they were good..
But, lately,,[maybe just the last few months for sure] a number of counterfeit rings have appeared in brass with a silver wash.
Usual areas they've been coming from is the Baltics,,East Europe and lately Spain!..
I'd love to do a full on show here but just don't have the time and didn't get to save all the photos.. I can tell you that they are definitely out there in more than a couple different patterns.
Just be very careful, no slacking, check everything,,nothing for granted.... ,G.
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#34996
07/16/2009 03:42 AM
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thanks Gaspare for your timely warnings,,,take heed all... 
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#34997
07/21/2009 04:01 PM
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++++how true++++how true+++(if you know what I'm saying)
Increasingly, I see BIG $ being spent on these little pieces of "work".
In Memory of Joe Mann
Medal of Honor Recipient
July 8, 1922 �
September 19, 1944
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#34998
07/21/2009 05:02 PM
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Gaspare, could you post us some photos?
thank you.
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#34999
06/25/2010 04:17 AM
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posting a few of the newer fakes.. this time WestWall fakes.. We all have them or want them. These are pretty dam good. *They will sometimes switch band designs around to confuse so be very careful..
These are pretty good..
This a rare pattern when authentic! :
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#35000
06/25/2010 04:18 AM
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This one a common pattern:
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#35001
06/25/2010 04:20 AM
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This one used to be a common pattern, now getting harder to find.
Remember, this is a FAKE, a reproduction,,[the originals never had this band design]..
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#35002
06/25/2010 04:23 AM
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also, another common pattern ,when real!
These fakes all are probably in sterling silver as the coloring shows.. I'll state here,,I've never seen one of these patterns in any content of silver that I've thought authentic.....
,,Nice lettering, clear designs,,they look pretty good, too good. But, not when next to a great condition original!
So, please members add your good fakes here. And, we got to add on our WestWall topic and eventually I've got to pin it to the top..
Enjoy and be careful!
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#35003
06/25/2010 06:11 AM
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Oh my!
Thanks for the heads up G!
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#35004
06/25/2010 12:18 PM
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Gaspare, thank you for posting the repro Westwall rings.....Most of the rings have a flat design.
Here a Westwall ring I posted a long time ago, about which I don't know if it's original or not ......
Benten
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#35005
06/25/2010 12:20 PM
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#35006
06/25/2010 12:21 PM
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#35007
06/25/2010 12:25 PM
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picture of the back side....... Normally I have an idea about original or not... but this one...aahhh I have the feeling ...for 65% not original.... Benten 
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#35008
06/25/2010 05:09 PM
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I think silver and this band-design (helmet/oak-leaves) in westwall rings is a problem now an sometimes very hard to say wheter from period or not.
Thanks for info and showing the pics!
�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
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I'll make a bold statement here..
I've never seen one of these 4 WW rings
I've posted that I thought to be authentic in silver,,ever!
Benten,,I agree with you ,,thats not a good one...a very good fake..
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I hadn't seen any of these when you posted them G, but sure enough all three popped up on Ebay one morning since then.
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What we are discussing?
All the mud and so know that these rings are not made in silver.
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Now in this topic, which is sure a better place for these rings.
All 6 sure fakes:
�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
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�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
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and still another sure fake - maybe a little rarer than the others
�Eine gewaltt�tige, herrische, unerschrockene, grausame Jugend will ich. Jugend muss das alles sein. Schmerzen muss sie ertragen. Es darf nichts Schwaches und Z�rtliches an ihr sein. Das freie, herrliche Raubtier muss wieder
aus ihren Augen blitzen."
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