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Old 20-03-15, 06:57 PM
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This and several other combinations from the same source are, in my opinion, definitely in the caveat emptor category. Mike
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Old 20-03-15, 07:02 PM
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On eBay - surely not?
Like the description - "in wartime condition".
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Old 20-03-15, 07:08 PM
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The West Lancs District example from this seller is not one I would add to my collection.

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Old 20-03-15, 07:11 PM
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These are bad combination signs. This is a seller that knows the difference and I have purchased good badges from him in the years gone by. I will still trust him for the badges I recognise as good.
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Any comments on the same vendors 7th Anti Aircraft Division Formation sign?
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Old 21-03-15, 10:34 AM
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Any comments on the same vendors 7th Anti Aircraft Division Formation sign?
I have but it's not printable! The vast majority of 7 AA Div signs that have survived are (rather badly) printed or as a consequence of the poor printing been overstitched in red on the blue ground by some nimble-fingered ATS girl or some other lady. Mike
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Old 21-03-15, 02:48 PM
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I have but it's not printable! The vast majority of 7 AA Div signs that have survived are (rather badly) printed or as a consequence of the poor printing been overstitched in red on the blue ground by some nimble-fingered ATS girl or some other lady. Mike
Mike,

Many thanks, indeed all the examples I have (as per the attached) and have previously seen are printed, it is the first time I have seen what appears to be a mint woven example, hence my query.

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Old 28-03-15, 10:41 AM
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Utterly unconvincing. Sadly, I was in the Mont Ormel museum in Normandy last week and in one of their cases of "donated" material was something that looked equally as bad - certainly not wartime.
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It's pleasing to see that it remains unsold:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-part-clo...item4d383686e0
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Old 16-09-15, 05:25 PM
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And amongst the dross is this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Canad...item4d3836728b

and a printed RWAFF sign

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