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Old 30-08-13, 11:25 PM
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Saw this on Ebay. Wanted to know what the members thought on it's validity at that price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1ST-ARGYLL-H...c#ht_39wt_1235


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Old 31-08-13, 10:35 AM
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OK

Maybe later.
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Old 31-08-13, 01:10 PM
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Hi all

Saw this on Ebay. Wanted to know what the members thought on it's validity at that price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1ST-ARGYLL-H...c#ht_39wt_1235


Cheers

Simon
HI, Simon -my badge looks more oval and this one is more round.For a right one i would have thought £30.0 or am I out of touch?cheers john. view alongside regular--slightly larger??
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Old 31-08-13, 01:24 PM
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Thanks John.

I was curious, as I saw one I think on Cultman's at 100 pound. It says the size of the badge is 60mm x 70mm, so I imagine the roundness is due to a bad pic.

Thanks for the comparison pic. You confident you have a good one there.

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Hi Simon, and John,
My example is in white metal. I'm curious about the brass versions.
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A well know expression that contains the words barge pole springs to mind:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VICTORIAN-...item565a8bf9c7

I would have thought a reasonable estimate for a genuine example of this badge would be £80- £120.

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Hi PB, you mean the one you posted from that seller, or do you also mean te one I posted in the link above. Tough to tell if it is brass.

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Simon,

I was really referring to any brass example of this badge. When a number of examples of any scarce badge appears on the market to me it raises alarm bells.

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Ah, OK. Understood.

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I wish someone had one to know if they were in white metal and a brass. In the description the seller said it was painted black. Wasn't this a "Rifles" thing to do; have them painted black.
I did a search and as I said Cultman has one in white metal.
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Hi PB, you mean the one you posted from that seller, or do you also mean te one I posted in the link above. Tough to tell if it is brass.

Simon.
Also, anything posted by that seller should be avoided like the plague - or with a 1000 ft barge pole.

In my humble opinion, of course.

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