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Originally Posted by Mike B
Keith
As ever thanks for posting! It makes me quite annoyed to see these fake items being passed as originals. Commemorative stuff should never be manufactured without some marking on the back to prevent deception. Some folks naively manufacture 'gap fillers' thinking their spurious origins will always be known. Your post illustrates that even if manufactured with the best intentions this tat can be passed off as original in the future. A curse on all who manufacture this nonsense whoever they manufacture it for - there is no place for them in the collecting fraternity - they are a plague! ... not that my opinion counts!
Mike
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absolutely. And it can be done, this is the reverse of an Australian WW1 badge for women who had relatives in service, from the front, it is very convincing, but will never be sold as such: