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Here is a most enlightening communication from a regular commentator. This gives very interesting background to the large market in fake Nazi-era relics. It addresses players in the game that have not been guessed at but who are not unknown. from Simon Carrington to AD Royster Militaria It is very interesting to observe that our very own CIA is deeply involved in the manufacturing, authenticating and sale of fake Nazi political and military items. The worst of this gang was…

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This is a commentary on an Internet site called ‘Sharkhunters’ and its owner, one Harry Cooper. Mr. Harry Cooper P.O.Box 1539 Hernando, Florida sharkhunters@earthlink.net This site, which reflects a very right-wing, neo-Nazi point of view and tries to connect these views with a history of German WWII submarines is, to be kind, bizarre. Mr. Cooper constantly claims Hitler escaped from Germany at the end of World War II and settled in Argentina. He either went to that country by a…

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Fraud among the High and Mighty by Wilbur C Stump wcstump@gmail.com   There were three Großkreuze produced during the war by the Berlin firm of C.E. Juncker. One had a gold rim and was rejected by Hitler and two were given to Göring. But there was only one presentation document, presented to Hermann Göring by Adolf Hitler on 15.7.1940. The gold-tooled vellum document was contained in a lavishly produced cassette in Luftwaffe blue maroquinnerie with a hand-tooled fire gilt bordering inlaid…

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Note: We are presenting in this posting an article by Christian Jürs.. Mr. Jürs has a large collection of original German military decorations and is in the process of preparing a manuscript on the subject. ADR The Jung-Kosaken-Abzeichen This badge was instituted on 9. June, 1944 by the Commanding Officer of the XV Kavallerie Korps. There are extant two other badges, one for the Siberian Kosaken units and another for the 5. Don-Kosaken cavalry units but these are unit badges…

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Note: We are presenting in this posting an article by Christian Jürs.. Mr. Jürs has a large collection of original German military decoration documents and is currently preparing a heavily illustrated book on the subject. ADR Wehrmacht and SS Orders and Decoration documents by Christian Jürs Called by the Germans ‘Verleihungs-urkunden’ or Presentation documents, when a member of the German military was presented with a decoration, he received a document attesting to this. These documents were printed on paper and…

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Note: We are presenting in this posting an article by Christian Jürs.. Mr. Jürs has a large collection of original German military decoration documents and is currently preparing a heavily illustrated book on the subject. ADR Wehrmacht and SS Orders and Decoration documents by Christian Jürs Called by the Germans ‘Verleihungs-urkunden’ or Presentation documents, when a member of the German military was presented with a decoration, he received a document attesting to this. These documents were printed on paper and…

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Note: Here is an article by Mr. Stump, who is an expert on many aspects of German militaria fraud. This concerns a Knights Cross document for a German paratrooper general in specific but in general, it gives a great deal of valuable background on how fakes are created, advertised and sold. Names are mentioned. Mr. Stump has a number of such articles which we will be very pleased to publish for our readership. –ed   THE CONRATH DOCUMENTS SCAM PRELUDE…

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ANOTHER NAZI SCAM: RUDOLF HESS’S PROTOTYPICAL BLOOD ORDER     Sold by the German auction house for €7,600, the above badge has variously been described as the prototypical Blood Order or the Stoßtruppe Adolf Hitler Badge. The catalogue description stated: “Heß’s personal example, Hitler’s present to the 9 November 1933. Silver, hollow-stamped, fineness mark “990”, maker’s mark “Jos. Fuess München”. Obverse Feldherrnhalle surmounted by an eagle, lateral laurel branches with year ciphers “1923” and “1933”. Reverse dedicatory engraving “PG R….

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Note: We are presenting in this posting an article by Christian Jürs.. Mr. Jürs has a large collection of original German military decoration documents and decorations and is currently preparing a heavily illustrated book on the subject. ADR The Danzig Flak badge This badge exists and is original to the period yet there is no mention of it in the official records. This, of course, upsets amateur collectors who are unable to make up their collective minds about whether or…

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Another very rare and desirable “SS Prototype Dagger”, created by Atwood and manufactured for him in Germany in the ‘60s. This one is pure fiction and Jimmy made up ten of them for the usual Discriminating Collectors. He showed me his bill and the daggers cost him less than $100 apiece so the profit to those honest merchants of recent fakes who sell these has been impressive. They are a little big to use for letter openers but you could…

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