Motor Machine Guns Badge Real or Fake?

[Frank Kelley]

I wonder why that was done?

Originally Posted by Rob Miller

Here are my two incomplete examples.

Rob

[Rob Miller]

Sorry Frank, I didn't see your reply all those years ago.

I wondered if they had at some point been on a trophy belt, but some sharp bits along the top edge had been removed to make it more comfortable?

Rob

[Rob Miller]

I have just bought this badge as a copy for copy money (£7.99) because it appears to be from the same dies as my two cut down examples, its slightly nicer in the hand than it appears in the photos but I don't think its original.

So I'm assuming its a true restrike?

And there is abit of clear glue or resin in one of the end handles for some reason?

Rob

[Luke H]

A fake.

[Rob Miller]

Originally Posted by Luke H

A fake.

Thank you,

I'm interested in the origins of the dies involved, so it seemed like a good idea to link images of similar original and fake badges for the future when these restrikes (fakes) are old.

Rob

[Luke H]

I do not believe the above is a restrike from an original die but rather an out and out fake.

[Rob Miller]

Perhaps you are right there are slight differences in the dies.

Rob

[Luke H]

Do you have the badge you believe is original and from this die to compare?

[Rob Miller]

See post 10 of this thread.

Rob

[Luke H]

Not the same die as post #18.

[Rob Miller]

Very similar, so if not from the same dies then copied from.

Rob