WWI collar discs.

[wartimecollectables.com]

I bought a great collection of WWI-WWII US enlisted collar discs recently. Wonderful collection, sorry to say he had several of these fakes in the lot. Note the backs and absence of the 'teat' device to keep the disc in place on the uniform.

[wartimecollectables.com]

Note the backs and absence of the 'teat' device to keep the disc in place on the uniform.

 

 

[schofield]

What are you going to do with them? I'd be interested in them.

[firefighter]

Is the missing 'teat' the only indication they are fakes?

[wartimecollectables.com]

The quality isn't quite up to par but too close to call. A closer look and I think I need to 'withdraw' the disc with the gear as overseas made and they didn't have the "pointy thihgs". It's not made like the others. The others have gone to "fake crap heaven'" already.

[Shenkursk]

Lack of any retaining pin is a good thing to look for, but one must be aware that there were discs made that way during the period as well. I'm thinking specifically of the Army Service Corps disc, which tends to have a spindly little screwpost and a flat-sided small retaining nut.

 

Another red flag works the same way - discs that are retained on the back with a pin washer, but are a round screw post all the way to their base. Most of the originals had a squared shoulder which protrudes from the pin washer. However.. not all. There were numerous examples that were not made with the squared shoulder.

 

So, either of these two red flags means that the disc merits extra attention, but does not automatically preclude it from being original.