Kriegsmarine scales from Jersey…. or not as the case may be.
The attached pictures have just been taken from a listing on ebay where the seller has listed a set of scales in a wooden box as being Kriegsmarine and having been brought back to the UK. The scales were until 8/10 years ago just a plain set of weighing scales. Then unfortunately they were spiced up by a well known fabricator here in Jersey. The scales were stamped with a KM eagle and swastika, the box had the Marine Lazarett applied to it in white paint and an ink hand stamp added.
All in all a pretty poor attempt to decieve the unwary.
I last saw them for sale on a dealers stall at Stoneliegh 3 years or so ago and the dealer was 100% sure they were real. They are not and my reason for posting this is to make any one on the forum aware in case they get taken in by the blurb.
Such a shame that people do this sort of thing, we can but try to sidestep it.
All in all a pretty poor attempt to decieve the unwary.
I last saw them for sale on a dealers stall at Stoneliegh 3 years or so ago and the dealer was 100% sure they were real. They are not and my reason for posting this is to make any one on the forum aware in case they get taken in by the blurb.
Such a shame that people do this sort of thing, we can but try to sidestep it.
