Gloucestershire Regiment TF and Norfolk - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Martyn123 · #1 21-08-17, 03:57 PM

Good afternoon

I think that these are probably both fakes. The Norfolk by Gaunt does have the stamping in small script but with a dot and c:15mm length (so probably fake mark) not sure about the face. The Gloucester appears to have had the Egypt over stamped.

Opinions please.

Many thanks

Martyn

Paul Spellman · #2 21-08-17, 04:39 PM

You lucky boy, two fake stamp marks on the Norfolk, that must be rare

There are a few points on the Norfolk that are bad but the double stamped face is weird, they don't even seem the same.
I doubt the Gloucesters started out life even as a genuine regulars badge before the Egypt was bashed out of the plinth.
Paul

Martyn123 · #3 21-08-17, 04:47 PM

Many thanks. Boot sale finds some years back. They are both strange especially when you look at the face of the Norfolk.

leigh kitchen · #4 21-08-17, 04:51 PM

The "Mr Punch" face? Oh no it isn't! Oh yes it is!

Martyn123 · #5 21-08-17, 04:56 PM

Indeed. I'm learning about these now but at the time I thought it was a bargain. I'm going through a box of badges that i put together years ago. Some are nice badges some are junk for sure.

leigh kitchen · #6 21-08-17, 05:14 PM

We're sharing the same boat, I have loads of badges I should post for a thumbs up or this down......

Martyn123 · #7 21-08-17, 05:18 PM

I used to collect German until it became very difficult to identify good from bad so started on British cap badges thinking that it was better....... How wrong I was.

leigh kitchen · #8 21-08-17, 05:32 PM

I have some German, acquired as a kid, but didn't delve deeply as I thought British badges were more consistent in manufacture, more 'reliable'.
I picked up more German stuff in more recent years, basic odds & ends like collar badges, single shoulder straps & the like, nothing rare, exotic or dripping with myth, swastikas & revisionism (well OK, I've got a postmans PT vest eagle & swastika badge), but I'm a bottom feeder with that stuff & so just don't aquire it nowadays.
Some of my 3R bits & pieces:

http://gmic.co.uk/topic/17268-leigh-...f-3r-miltaria/

Martyn123 · #9 21-08-17, 05:37 PM

That looks like a nice collection of good quality original items. Love the helmet and the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe boards.