I’m being offered these two pieces from a trusted picker… from a vet along with his US gear that I’m comfortable with

 

the question is what is a fair offer based on the source and condition? 
 

and only one pic sadly

thanks 

 

j

A WW2 vet? Or his family? Just curious. We need to see the rear of each item. The maker is important when determining value. 

It’s a WWII vet … still alive but I don’t have contact, third party…

I’ll take a chance and pick them up Tuesday and you guys can rip me apart 😂👍👍

Be happy to see it, 100 would be a solid price, maybe 125 most.

I agree. buckle is rough, assuming catch and roller intact $50-75, late war silver wound badge, assuming pin & catch intact. $50-60 retail.

I bought a similar condition Luftwaffe for $40 a while back with. Broken hook. So if it’s intact I would say about the same, but if you could get it For Deal for $100 with vet provenance that would be really solid. Or with a written testimony from the vet. That would be cool. At least if you can get to him through the third party.

Thanks for the help all….

and the holster is a 1917 Perkins Campbell 

The buckle looks real but ground dug. I would question why a 90+ vet would have a ground dug buckle. Vet acquired buckles might  show wear but not decay like that one. The wound badge looks a cast fake. I have never seen a Pleuger u. Voss wound badge. I am always learning and willing to listen to other more knowledgeable collectors. 

 

Pleuger & Voss of Ludenscheid were known makers of Tinnies, not Wound Badges. Their RZM assigned number was M9/95 for Tinnies.

 

There was a fake Luftwaffe Pilot's badge with the Pleuger & Voss mark which was also identified as fake on the WAF

 

The wound badge is fake

 

Leigh 

Thanks for the info guys….…. I did ok, even if the wound badge is fake…👍👍✌️

I wouldn’t buy any of these unless it’s for cheap. If you have to dispose of them it won’t be easy. And it seems the seller isn’t telling you the truth.

Thanks for the pictures, "phantomfixer"!  I liked seeing them.  Great images.

 

Many thanks, "Preppy Picker", "Rakkasan187", & "Marshallj"!  Spot on!

 

One lesson here...  I learned a long time ago that "vet acquired", "vet bringback", "veteran this" and "veteran that" was a sure signal that the buyer's about to get burned by a predatory capitalist seller.

 

That silver wound badge looks like a higher-end fake, and may be made from zinc, like the originals.  I myself had a post-war Rudolf Souval ("L22") hallmarked silver wound badge...  Struck from lead!

1 hour ago, Preppy Picker said:

I wouldn’t buy any of these unless it’s for cheap. If you have to dispose of them it won’t be easy. And it seems the seller isn’t telling you the truth.

40 for the lot… so not hurt bad… 

$40USD is actually what some of those higher-end "museum quality" reproduction badges sell for.  That buckle looks like it's been put through the ringer by a veteran re-enactor rather than artificially aged.