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Old 29-11-11, 12:15 PM
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Default Bad Fake?
This arrived today. Even to my untrained eyes this looks like a bad fake. Or am I missing something. Could some one confirm this for me please.
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Old 29-11-11, 12:48 PM
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Hi Tinca,

It doesn't look too good to me. The scroll behind the star is crude. The marks on the slider look like burns. I am on a small screen though.

Others may disagree.

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Old 29-11-11, 01:40 PM
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I cannot blow the image up on works PC to take a better look, however the construction looks OK!

Looks like a rough original! Most of the coipes have overlaid base scrolls and not tabbed as in this example!

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Old 29-11-11, 05:53 PM
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The badge is absolutely fine! IMO

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Old 29-11-11, 06:31 PM
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Thanks, Andy and Phil.

I bought it off someone on the forum, he didn't know either so I thought I would take a punt. Unless anyone else has an opinion I will treat it has real, just poorly made.
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Old 29-11-11, 06:45 PM
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Hi Tinca
My God-Father was issued 2 R. Sussex badges during WWII and both look below standard, so yours may well be a late WWII badge.
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Old 01-12-11, 11:34 AM
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Thanks Alex, it would be nice if it was. I would prefer my badges to be either current for WW1 or WW2.
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Old 01-12-11, 06:14 PM
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Hi Tinca
Here's a link to my earlier post about R. Sussex badges, not the same as yours, but also not the best quality, but both from an impeccable source.
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ghlight=sussex
(no tsure if I've done the link right)
If not it was posted in the Infantry and Guards section on09-07-10.
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Old 01-12-11, 07:43 PM
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It seems like the right end of the scroll is behind the badge?
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