Kokarde Konfusion....

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weirdpyramid

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Bayern or Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt? I have seen these around on ebay a lot lately advertised as a Bavarian kokarde but doesn't seem correct.

 
Neither. The colors, blue, gold, blue, represent Braunschweig (Brunswick), but I wouldn't place much faith in the integrity of that example.
 
here is another one with the same but slightly different "rusty" effect. i think it is blue and white but the white just kind of looks yellow like Braunschwieg from the photo. I find it very hard to pick out the authentic vs the fake kokarden jobs.

http://cgi.ebay.de/I-WK-Kockade-fuer-Pickelhaube-Nr-2_W0QQitemZ270710435358QQcategoryZ34649QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7430883879513569283#ht_500wt_916
 
I see it as blue and (off) white too. Given the black paint beneath, front and back, it looks like a repaint of a Prussian Kokarde.
 
I remember a time when you made your own 'replacement' cockades until you stumbled upon originals at shows.

:D Ron
 
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