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Old 05-28-2002, 06:06 PM   #1
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Fake Academy Badges

These are very commonly faked. Fakes are usually brand new without any wear traces, made of some sort of white alloy, nice enamel, Soviet crest is quite detailed, shields with academy names are just glued to the badge.
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Old 06-06-2002, 08:00 AM   #2
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Alexei,

In a genuine badge, how the shields with academy names are attached?

BTW, It is possible to take an authentic badge without a shield and just attach a shield.

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Question Glued on shields are fakes?

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so all academy badges with glued on shields are fakes?

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VVMU Academy Badge

I didnt know what this was until Christian emailed me. I guess it's a submariners academy badge? it's part of the Korean set I have. The shield is attached via the bendable "rivets" (the type of attachments used on Republic Orders before rivets) has a little screwback attachment stamped "Monetny Dvor". It's made very well. Black light checks out, weight is 17.9g, height is 47mm, width is 26mm. Screwpost is approx. 3mm thick.

Note on the doc, there is no marking on the shield. Normal or no? perhaps it was a "one size fits all" approach or is it fake?
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Art,

They had a standard document for all academies, and your document is perfectly genuine. The badge looks OK too.

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Here's the back of an original badge.

I suppose it would be possible to attach a shield to a genuine old badge, but since old badges are not cheap it just makes more sence to make them from the scratch.

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In a genuine badge, how the shields with academy names are attached?

BTW, It is possible to take an authentic badge without a shield and just attach a shield.

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My back is similar, however it has a square screwpost base, and the wreath is fastened with a rivet. The sheild is fastened the exact same way though.

Thanks Alexei!

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Re: Glued on shields are fakes?

Christian,

I was thinking about it, and the answer is no. They have dropped those shields in 1957, and the military was not happy about it so there were some customer made shields attached to badges in different ways.

By the way, Russian collectors think that 64 different official shield variations exist.

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so all academy badges with glued on shields are fakes?

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