Austro Hungarian shako plate: original?

[majkejevrosime]

Hi can anyone help me identify this hungarian shako plate?

It s made of steel or iron (MAGNETIC metal), that is plated with some yellow metal

My concern is that detail is not very sharp, for example on motto, and i suspect it could be a repro??? Also i never heard of austro hungarian repro shako plates?

thank s for your help

Laurent

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[Chip Minx]

There are plenty of Austro-Hungarian metal items from the imperial period being reproduced (belt buckles for instance), but this piece looks good to me. The wear, especially on the painted/plated surfaces of the attaching lugs, makes it look like it was in use at one time.

Chip

 

[majkejevrosime]

thanks for this first answer

the lugs look to me they were never #gold# plated, but that they were soldered after the emblem was plated

anyway, any other opinion or confirmation most welcome

thanks

Laurent

 

[Gustaf]

The colour of the solder looks right for a period piece,