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RalphMH Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2005 Posts: 85 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 11:00 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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Now I found this VW Spezialist pin. It is very small - only 15x23 mm. Compared to the one I saw at eBay, it looks more filigree to me.
Could this be an original one ?
If not, could anybody tell me, if there were originals from the 50s/60s, or it is a later fantasy piece at all ?
If there are original ones - how do they look like ?
How to identifiy ?
Thanks, Ralph
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Hacksaw-BoB Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2009 Posts: 778 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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Hi Ralph,
I do not recall ever seeing an original VW SPEZIALIST badge.
I purchased this reproduction VW SPEZIALIST badge when they first came out in the mid 1990s.
Looking at your badge and on the back, the pin mounting is different and looks more old school.
Perhaps yours is an original badge.
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RalphMH Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2005 Posts: 85 Location: Germany
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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Hi Bob !
The pin mounting of your badge looks like the one I saw at eBay.
There is a german pin seller writing on his page that some of those badges have been produced for the international motor show IAA Frankfurt in 1999, as reproduction of a vintage pin ...
I agree, perhaps mine is an old original one, but as long as I don't have more information about, I will have to consider it as reproduction too.
Regards from Germany, Ralph |
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Ludo1088 Samba Member
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Lars B Samba Member
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CHOTO77 Samba Member
Joined: May 18, 2006 Posts: 66
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:51 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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Recently y bought this... way do you think ?? Original or replica?
https://ibb.co/gc0kF5
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HightopRob Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2013 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:50 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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I just picked up these badges and I am wondering if they are real or fake? Thanks in advance
Rob
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HightopRob Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2013 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:52 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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A couple more pictures 😁
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53 0val Samba Professor
Joined: July 03, 2003 Posts: 11396 Location: Irvine, CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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The badges are real Rob. They were produced from original dies. If they were put on a car for judging.......the car would not be judged down for reproduction parts.
Where there is a problem is....... Were they originally issued by VW....?
Probably not. The early badges had much better detail and the body badge was hallmarked. The more dies get used, the more the detail fades.Badge collectors do not find these nearly as collectable as the 1953/54 VW issued badges, but they do have better value then the mass produced fakes that are out there. I would use them as "place holders" until I could find an early issued set. _________________ "What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away." Dobee, Dobee, Do |
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HightopRob Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2013 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:07 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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Thank you Bob, much appreciated. |
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easy e Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 3931 Location: 1 hr north of Santa Barbara
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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The post looks kinda modern.
But, don’t know if real/fake?... typical value?
I’m going to sell it. No history, it was in a box of VW stuff I picked up somewhere.
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23 window mike Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2007 Posts: 32 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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Hi has anyone else got one like this are any information?
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qwerty Samba Member
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Orby1 Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2011 Posts: 15 Location: S. Buckinghamshire, UK
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:25 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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Hey guys - what do we think to this one I've seen for sale? Real or repro?
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69809 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Hacksaw-BoB Samba Member
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EverettB Administrator
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Victorinox Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2011 Posts: 4
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:21 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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Why the Pins are Fake?
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Victorinox Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2011 Posts: 4
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:49 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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And Why is this Orginal ? And my Not?
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Hacksaw-BoB Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2009 Posts: 778 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Official Badge / Pin thread - Real or Reproduction? |
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I stand corrected . . . everything appears to be original . . . good luck _________________ Hacksaw BoB
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