Date:         Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:13:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
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From:         Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: rare lapel pin on ebay
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Some of the repros do not have the markings on the back of the pins, but
others do. It's very difficult to find a real one...especially when, as I
said, the VW museum sells the repro ones. From what I was told, there
weren't that many original pins to begin with, and most of them went the
way of most "cheap" souvenirs...it only seems that they gained "value" once
the VW craze hit the us, by that time it was twenty years and a world war
later.


Ric

At 12:44 PM 12/10/2004, JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 12/10/04 12:42:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>rgolen@umassd.edu writes:
>
>
>>
>>Sorry to burst the bubble, but there are tons of "reproductrions" of the
>>pin floating around....even the VW Museum in Wolfsburg sells them.
>>
>>
>>Ric
>>
>>
>>At 12:35 PM 12/10/2004, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>> >this looks like the real deal.. pretty rare.
>> >and, please no "anti semetic" comments.. its a piece of VW history..
>> >
>> >
>> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2293002210&
>> >ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
>>
>
>
>is there any way to distinguish the originals from the repros???
>
>chris