vampirella
Airman
- 10
- Mar 17, 2008
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Hmm I dont know anyplaces where you can get replicas because I only buy the original authentic stuff.
Why do you want a replica if you dont mind me asking? Originals are much better.
My daughter lives in Germany, and the original stuff she purchased for me was confiscated at the airport (Frankfurt) and she should have mailed stuff purchased from Belgium, but wanted to give to me first hand. baggage prior to departure, as authentic caps or medals all have a swastika, all being illegal in your country?? so how does one purchase legally within Germany??
At the end of World War II, the first law enacted by the Allied Control Council abolished all Nazi symbols and repealed all relevant laws.[35] The possession of swastika flags is forbidden in many Western countries since then, particularly in Germany, but not in the United States, where many people collect historical artifacts from the Nazi era including flags and other items with swastika insignia.Flag of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
okay, but museum might be the only place, even hidden it is illegal to have or posses anything with a swastika in Germany, Austria whether carrying or hidden....unless these items can be proven to have come from a veteran/family...if noticed or shown or found, it will be confiscated, as was my iron cross x-rayed at Frankfurt customs...and sorry, your name shows a German flag, so i assumed you where a german native an knew of this...perhaps you got lucky, best ask before as mine was taken last fall and maybe with the restrictions, or extra security at Frankfurt airport now, it might be an unpleasant surprise..
bf109 Emil
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The answer to this question largely depends on the intended use of the swastika symbol. As a matter of public law, the post-war German law codes prohibit the display of a swastika in any form or fashion, even if used satirically or as part of an anti-Nazi political statement. This law is generally applied to the specific five-by-five grid swastika design used during the Nazi era, however. Several religious organizations have petitioned the German government for permission to display other forms of the symbol.
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bf 109Emil said:]At the end of World War II, the first law enacted by the Allied Control Council abolished all Nazi symbols and repealed all relevant laws.[35] The possession of swastika flags is forbidden in many Western countries since then, particularly in Germany, but not in the United States, where many people collect historical artifacts from the Nazi era including flags and other items with swastika insignia.Flag of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adler - Have you been finding that the amount of fake Third Reich stuff has gone off the scale recently?
I say this because a friend of mine bought a Panzergrenadier mutze and a 44 feldbluse recently, and although they both looked kosher enough when he showed them to me, the mutze turned out to be a fake! Needless to say he was not a happy guy!
He said that the fakes are now so good that it's almost impossible to tell these days.
Another trick is to 'sex up' original uniforms sticking on insignia which may or may not be clever fake. Because the actual uniform is genuine then people automatically think the insignia is as well.
Well get this - I've heard that they're now even starting to fake GDR uniforms from the sixties!