Sadly many of these "Engraved" items are easy for even talent-less counterfeiters to reproduce- you find an older antique metal item, you solder on a metal eagle or engrave something and voila: "Hitler's pencil box". There was a flea market dealer in Florida that was giving one of my friends the screwgie with all kinds of this stuff - salvers, cigarette boxes, etc.  and everything was over the top- eagles, runes, skulls, and swastikas all over.  Everything was LAH or Totenkopf, never a "3rd. Komp. Erzatz Supply Bn." and of course each piece had a story- all BS of course.    Did they have some stuff like this- sure. but 99.9% of it you see is bogus.

Thank you Mr. Bushido, appreciate you looking for me, Ken 

Any pictures of the makers markings?   It looks like a patriotic dish to me.

Nothing like a real L/21

I am contacting you in a hurry, but I could not find any wording to identify this item. The characters are only generic part names, such as "lens".

Yep, I'm w Mr. Jerry. Not a fan.

Would appreciate any help on identifying this piece,  thanks, Ken 

For me this is a reproduction. The mushy details and the fact that the SS never used the runes in a diamond marking.

The Medal set of Dutch Major-General Nico Tack. He received a Silver Star Medal and a Bronze Star Medal for his service in Korea 1950-1951. Later in the sixties he was Dutch Defence Attaché in Washington for which he received a Legion of Merit.

Hi Everyone   I was wondering is someone can identify this item: Imperial GERMAN WWI Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm&Friedrich III Patriotic Silver bowl - is this item an Military award, made of sterling silver from period 1915-1917 or later production. Diameter 140mm. weight: 150g. I appreciate any answers. Thank you in advance  Some pics I post below  

Hello  I was wondering if someone can help me to identify a German WW2 - Knight Cross Oak Leaves in silver 800, if it original one from WW2 or a later copy. Size is 20x25mm. weight: 7.7g. Marked on back side: 800 and L21. I appreciate any answers. Thank you in advance and good luck  

James,   Thank you for sharing that with us here. The hard lessons we learned along the way have made me at least pay more attention to the details and history of each item. And you said it... Research, research, research... Knowledge is power..   Best   Leigh