In-Depth Study on Spotting Reproduction British Army Cap Badges

[Arnhemjim]

Just discovered a superlative blog page describing/discussing how to discern restrike and reproduction British Army cap badges. The author of this effort, who may well be a member of this forum, certainly deserves acknowledgement and commendation for an outstanding effort. The URL of the blog is: http://britisharmycapbadges.blogspot.com/. I copied the contents to retain as a hard copy reference. The material is truly an excellent effort in advanced forensic analysis of badges. It may be 'Coals to Newcastle' for some of the forum's 'seasoned veterans', but to have this amount of information in one place certainly is convenient for the rest of us.
Arnhem Jim
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[Lampwick]

I would have thought that any visit to eBay would give one an 'in depth' view of reproduction badges.

[Eric Cork]

On the Norfolk Regt wwI badge, if the trident has its ends square then a repro it is.

[REMEVMBEA1]

Originally Posted by Lampwick

I would have thought that any visit to eBay would give one an 'in depth' view of reproduction badges.

Which could be why Arnhem Jim says

It may be 'Coals to Newcastle' for some of the forum's 'seasoned veterans', but to have this amount of information in one place certainly is convenient for the rest of us.

[Mike Jackson]

As a novice I would say that this is an excellent piece of work - clearly written and objective. Of course there will be scope for additions and amendments, but is there any work of reference that has ever been 100% accurate?

[Staffsyeoman]

... or rapidly overtaken by the fakers?

[Alan O]

Actually that seems to be based on my ebay guide so thank you for the plaudits.

I don't know who Dave.D is but the similiarites are so close that he appears to have lifted it off my ebay user profile.

http://search.reviews.ebay.co.uk/members/kao751