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ASR142 21-04-18 09:11 PM

FAKE ALERT!! FRENCH BERET
 
HI GUYS
I was the under bidder on this original badge from an auction house in Devon it had with it other free French badges and was numbered 875 and had a distinct chip to the top right it has now been put on a fake beret with fake markings and being sold on ebay as a paratrooper example make up your own minds stevehttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW2-1944-...MAAOSw8CZa2PBe

leigh kitchen 21-04-18 09:16 PM

Ah, just followed the link - images have been taken down?

Edit - I can see images now, the originals?

ASR142 21-04-18 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen (Post 441620)
Ah, just followed the link - images have been taken down?

Edit - I can see images now, the originals?

yes not changed steve

fougasse1940 21-04-18 09:48 PM

Did they even wear this particular type of badge on the beret?

Rgds, Thomas

ASR142 21-04-18 10:12 PM

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HI Guys
Here is and example of a correct original BRITISH BERET BASQUE LTD 1944 BLACK RTR / RAC beret which I got a few weeks ago the badge shown is a free French air force badge which is real and has the number 875 to the rear but it was sold in a group of badges no beret present and not attached to one he's trying to say its a FREE FRENCH PARA BUT ITS NOT ! normally worn on the chest .

fairlie63 22-04-18 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ASR142 (Post 441625)
HI Guys
Here is and example of a correct original BRITISH BERET BASQUE LTD 1944 BLACK RTR / RAC beret which I got a few weeks ago the badge shown is a free French air force badge which is real and has the number 875 to the rear but it was sold in a group of badges no beret present and not attached to one he's trying to say its a FREE FRENCH PARA BUT ITS NOT ! normally worn on the chest .

The identity of the seller says it all Steve, he gets mentioned on here quite a bit in relation to headgear.

Keith

realownlee 22-04-18 03:59 PM

As fairlie63 posted..............look who the seller is......................say no more....


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