Popski badge on ebay stamped Bomisa, Milano
 

Has anyone seen the Popski badge on ebay stamped Bomisa, Milano? Is it a period piece?
PY.

PPA is not my area but!!!!!

i wouldnt touch anything from the seller! please look at their other items and the good old story of "dont know anything about badges, deceased estate, from a box blarr blarrr blarrrr" he has been selling for years on ebay and he still finds things from the box ha ha

COPY never made in milan


peter

Agree for sure a dud!

JB

Thanks Guys, I appreciate your knowledge.
PY

Milan being in Italy was unlikely to make badges for the allies until late into the second war!
Dave

PPA
 

Someone is confident and is bidding! :eek: Interesting to see how many fall for this one, of course it may just be a space filler!

The Milan maker did make badges for the allies, polish US and British troops but not Popski badges

peter

Cheers Peter, you learn something everyday!
Dave

Hi,
Peter says that BOMISA made badges for the allies.
Popskis ended their days in Italy, so could they not have made badges for them?
Is this pattern a well known repro and if such when was it made?
If repro, have many copies of this type been seen over the years?, when did they appear? Has another member been caught out with this one? or have one in their collection?
If repro there must be a lot of these knocking about? was this cast as a commerative item?
If these questions can be answered so be it, if not then it could be right??
Nothing is black and white in WW2!

Yes by Romes silversmiths not Milan badge makers and these badge are been made in the north east of England i have seen 20 of the and i was offer one sunday as a real one the guy wanted £200 for it when i told him it was a copy he was not happy. you can read how Popski had them made in his book


peter

Thanks Peter.

For reference here is the BOMISA MILANO mark referred to.