(Photo: Aktion Plagiarius e.V.)

3rd prize 2017 - pressure gauge:

The original on the left comes from Wika Alexander Wiegand, Klingenberg, Germany. The counterfeits on the right were manufactured by Ma Anshan Exact Instrument, PR China, and distributed by Buu Ky, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In 2015, Wika counterfeits were confiscated at Buu Ky during a raid by the Economic Police; in 2016, the VIKA counterfeits were found in a second raid, some of which had only the front part of the "W" scratched off and some of which had the "W" replaced by a "V". (see gap in the VIKA logo).