Collecting Basics - Fake Nazi Cloth Items

I know many of you look at these items and think... "Why does he bother showing these? Anyone would know they're fakes."

Just today I received an email from someone asking me if I could please tell him what kind of "soldiers" were in the photo and tell him anything about them. They were two RAD men having lunch... The point is, there are a lot of newbies in our hobby who really don't know whats what and can use all the help they can get. If you or I saw these items on some dealer's table we wouldn't give them a second glance. But to the new collector they look like just what he's been searching for...and besides they're a much better deal than what that other dealer has. Newbies in our hobby are ripe for the picking and there is no shortage of people willing to rip them off with this type of fake. Unfortunately the market is being flooded with this junk. If by showing these we can educate them to the fakes that are out there, then we are not only helping them but helping the hobby as a whole.

Every day there are reports that this place or that has been bombed in Pakistan. And every day its never one of these embroidery factories!

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