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Old 13-08-08, 09:59 AM
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Bought this badge a few months ago. Curious to find out if it is original. On the rear of the badge, are two intact lugs, no makers mark. Heavy build up of a blue powder on the back however. Can anyone help. Two thumbnails included.
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Old 13-08-08, 01:20 PM
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Although the photographs are a bit blurred your badge seems pretty well Ok to me. The blueing is probably a mild build-up of verdigris which the juice of a lemon will remove. The obvious comment is for all to avoid RMLI or RMA badges with sliders. A nice badge and worthy of a place in anyone's collection. Regards. David
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Old 13-08-08, 04:50 PM
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Bought this badge a few months ago. Curious to find out if it is original. On the rear of the badge, are two intact lugs, no makers mark. Heavy build up of a blue powder on the back however. Can anyone help. Two thumbnails included.
Hi Phil,

I can't say for certain due to the quality of the photo's but I would say the front appears to have an artificially oxidized look which is sometimes uneven in tone (which is what I think I can see here) whereas genuine patina is generally very even in tone across the whole badge.

Another point of possible concern is the the position of the lugs, they seem fairly high up IMO, the dried polish on the back is neither here nor there really but is sometimes done to disguise the back of a restrike.

Without better photos it's impossible to say, but if it was advertised on ebay with those pics I would leave it alone but that's not to say its definitely bad.

Cheers,

Luke
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