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Old 15-01-18, 10:36 PM
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I would like to check the authenticity of these badges please. I am happy with the flat backed one. The other I have seen described as a later economy issue. Is that correct ?

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Old 16-01-18, 02:43 PM
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This is what I've been told too over the years. Unfortunately, re-enactor companies have been knocking out very good quality repros - without any deliberate new identification marks - that are impossible/near impossible to distinguish. They have even been restriking the plastic Timber Corps badges exactly the same.
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IMHO the one on the right has the modern fake badge font.

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The more I look at it, the more I believe that the badge on the right hand side is wrong....the enamel is not at all convincing. It just does not feel right. The one on the left is good.
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Thank you for the replies. That confirms what I have been advised elsewhere.

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