A few stirnpanzers...

Gustaf

Gustaf

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I did some checking, all the roads to Belgium are flooded at the moment, I guess the truck stays home after all
 
b.loree

b.loree

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Regarding the foto....and probably half of that pile has survived to be put up on our modern day Ebay!
 
MG1918

MG1918

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gunner cooper

gunner cooper

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Can you tell me if all of them have maker marks or stamping on them? Or are any of them unmarked? I don't really know much about them and wondered how you could tell a real one from a fake one. Cheers.
 
Adler

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Indeed great pictures gentlemen!

Can you tell me if all of them have maker marks or stamping on them? Or are any of them unmarked? I don't really know much about them and wondered how you could tell a real one from a fake one
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Normally all Stirnpanzer and Grabenpanzer have markings but some originals without markings do excist. How to know an original from a reproduction? That's not easy to answer and impossible to explain without writing an article... but best is to study the subject before you buy one.

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ebeeby

ebeeby

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gunner cooper said:
Can you tell me if all of them have maker marks or stamping on them? Or are any of them unmarked? I don't really know much about them and wondered how you could tell a real one from a fake one. Cheers.
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May be anecdotal, but the originals were hardened and have a distinct RING when held by a string and tapped. The example here came out of a well in France and has the "ring".
 
gunner cooper

gunner cooper

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what do you gents think of this one?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-STIRNSCHUTZ-STIRNPANZER-fur-M16-STAHLHELM-/252236379901?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=C3nXaS9f%252B5WN3FnctMjNc2zenWQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
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