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Old 01-02-18, 10:09 PM
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Noticed these on Ebay and then the sellers other items, a lot of ehich don't look right .... the titles are on good money at the moment ... sorry no good with links the item number is : 282820985775

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DON'T waste your money he sells rubbish
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273039193683 total rubbish
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Pure fraud. It's a pity they don't clamp down on these guys
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Old 02-02-18, 08:27 AM
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They are such poor quality, they haven't even made tge effort to copy them properly!
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Old 02-02-18, 08:29 AM
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I don't know why the seller thinks they are original, or, perhaps he knows very well that they are not!

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Noticed these on Ebay and then the sellers other items, a lot of ehich don't look right .... the titles are on good money at the moment ... sorry no good with links the item number is : 282820985775

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F282820985775
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Does anyone have any original photos to compare them to or more detailed info ? many thanks Warren.
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This guy sells a lot of rubbish keep well clear
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Old 02-02-18, 05:07 PM
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Here is one of my 18th Battn.ones...as you can see it is one piece as opposed to the Ebay ones where the number appears to have been soldered on. This one came with the medals and silver cap badge.
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I also think the discoloration of the metal indicates recent application of heat and there are some spots on the Kings banner which look like they ate ftom casting as opposed to being stamped out
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Thanks guys much appreciated
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Very good advice!

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Here is one of my 18th Battn.ones...as you can see it is one piece as opposed to the Ebay ones where the number appears to have been soldered on. This one came with the medals and silver cap badge.
nicely set up to add a number of your choosing
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It will be interesting to see if more appear, hopefully the buyers realise they have been duped and get their money back
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