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24-03-17, 06:25 PM
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6th Bn Gordon Highlanders badge - good or bad?
Hi
A French friend recently sent me this 6th Bn Gordon Highlanders badge as part of a swap. I understand genuine ones are hard to find so I’d be grateful if anyone could give it a thumbs up or thumbs down. It is 58mm in diameter. Caveat: if it is a good one it will be offered for sale or swap. Thanks for looking Graham
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24-03-17, 07:46 PM
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Thank you John, much appreciated.
Graham
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24-03-17, 07:56 PM
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6th Bn (Volunteers) Gordon Highlanders
Hello Chacal,
You may want to glance at this as a ready reference; http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/2013/0...volunteer.html . I've very recently see a 6th Gordons offered on e-Bay that looks extremely similar to the badge you are showing. Perhaps someone has produced a group of replicas, and is apparently flooding the market. Arnhem Jim Arizona Territory Last edited by Arnhemjim; 24-03-17 at 08:02 PM.
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25-03-17, 04:15 PM
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Thank you Jim, very useful link and much appreciated. The problem I have is that I've collected police insignia on-and-off for *ahem* years and military items (particularly the rarer items) are not something I have a great deal of knowledge of.
No matter, I've learned something new and got one good badge out of three. Thanks again Graham
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I am looking to purchase items from the British Administration Police & Prison Services in Cyrenaica & Tripolitania; Eritrea & Ethiopia; Somalia (f. Italian Somaliland) & British Somaliland; & the Dodecanese: insignia, documents, photographs etc.
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26-03-17, 06:58 PM
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6th Gordon Highlanders
Here's a 3 lug badge I bought as an original about 8 years ago.
It's not like the usual fakes,which are constantly listed on eBay,and has far more of a 3D design to it,especially at the rear. My only concerns were the brown looking tinge to the brazed parts,though the lugs themselves look to be the correct colour for a badge of this age. Al.
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