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Old 14-09-17, 07:19 PM
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I saw this a couple of days ago and emailed lockdales to let the know it was fake item item number 137 in there next auction being sold as a real example quorn mills nether made these during WWII . A London military shop was selling these of in the mid 80's and early 90's .
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Steve thank you for the post.

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Thanks Steve.
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Looks like it has the name of the maker... SOF; Soldier of Fortune in the back... or maybe something else but SOF did make these for quite a while.....

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Looks like it has the name of the maker... SOF; Soldier of Fortune in the back... or maybe something else but SOF did make these for quite a while.....

T
HI T
The wording is actually soft kit pics below of one of my real ones regards steve
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Well the description has not changed nor the estimate!
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The wording is actually soft kit pics below of one of my real ones regards steve
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