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14-10-17, 09:12 PM
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"French" Commando
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Army Commando: Setting Europe ablaze since 1940 
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14-10-17, 09:44 PM
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....and yet you can expect some idiot will bet on this piece of garbage... Jo
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15-10-17, 07:35 AM
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LOL, "MADE IN ENGLAND" I suppose a scarce thing, in itself, these days!
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15-10-17, 02:14 PM
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Does any one know the significance of the book he has images of?
The story is the 'made in England' badges were made by Gaunt for the longest day. They certainly are spot on from the front when compared to the original WWII 400.
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15-10-17, 05:54 PM
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I don't believe the book provides much additional information.
All the original 400 badges were made by JR Gaunt starting in spring 1944 and as already mentioned were all numbered. Keep in mind the unit was disbanded in July 1945. The commandos tradition in France was maintained with the creation of the 'commandos marine' in April 1946. The badge was very much inspired from the 1er BFM original design created by M. Chauvet, with the new title 'Commando marine'. The back of the original badge doesn't show any detail contrary to the one for sale on EBay. It is pretty much flat. As for a restrike made for the movie 'The longest Day', no such thing existed. Attached is a photo of C. Marquand who portrayed Cdt Kieffer (the unit CO); you can clearly see the badge has a 'Commando marine' title. Cheers Pierre
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15-10-17, 06:07 PM
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Thanks Pierre
Great close up from the Longest Day, exploding that myth! Clearly a post war badge instead. I do find the Made in England badges a mystery, I am convinced it is either from the same 'mold' as the original or has been copied from an original. Not sure its even possible to use the 'mold' to dis strike a badge?! If you place one side by side with an original, the frontal detail is verbatim, down to every dimple.  Paul
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15-10-17, 08:53 PM
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Paul,
I don't know if technically a restrike is possible from the original mold. The truth of the matter is Gaunt sold copies of this badge with pretty good results compared to the original (see photos). I tried to capture close up of the copy on EBay and you can clearly see the differences not to mention the die flaw on the right of the ribbon: not too good IMO. Badge #1 was Kieffer's (no surprise here...). Cheers Pierre
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