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Old 08-01-18, 03:06 PM
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Default More Fake Commando badges (cloth this time)

Hi all

As a continued purge I have earmarked these as fake can you take a look and confirm.

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Old 08-01-18, 04:43 PM
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All fake I'm afraid. Interestingly an example of the red on khaki No 4 appears in Peter's book, but the lettering is consistent with the wealth of more common red on black fakes. Also on all the examples I've seen, the white threads glow under UV dictating synthetic thread
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Old 08-01-18, 04:55 PM
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Yes I must admit the only one that had fooled me was the 4 Commando red on khaki
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