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Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 07-06-17, 12:06 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Very nice..... :) * The slider end looks... Very nice..... :) * The slider end looks clipped for what ever reason?

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 02-02-12, 06:40 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ All three are the same Nelly..... Left: Cast... All three are the same Nelly..... Left: Cast Silver (not Hallmarked), 4 long loops. Middle: Cast Silver (not Hallmarked), 2 long loops. Right: White Metal, 2 loops.

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 02-02-12, 02:15 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Keith Can we see a photo of this one at an... Keith Can we see a photo of this one at an angle so the edge of the slider can be seen and also looking into the braised fixing area please? The slider reminds me of this 1RD slider... can you see...

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 02-02-12, 02:01 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Dave So you cant see the huge feet on the... Dave So you cant see the huge feet on the loops...... the different die flaws in the back of the badge..... the bigger eye and the lack of crisp detail in the front of the badge?

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 02-02-12, 01:49 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ (setting aside the known "good" B&P type Nelly... (setting aside the known "good" B&P type Nelly for a moment.) I am scratching my chin a bit here..... take a look at these two...... my Nelly...... and another..... but just take a good look.

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 01-02-12, 12:33 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Here is the Nelly that appears in Wilkinson and... Here is the Nelly that appears in Wilkinson and Gaylor..... its strikes me as a pouch badge and not a cap badge?

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 10:15 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ hmmmmm that slider one is nasty (now that I have... hmmmmm that slider one is nasty (now that I have seen the light). As for the 1904 Regs pic..... its actually on the money ... "BUT" what you have to remember with the 1900s "Reg's" books is that...

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 09:47 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ So Gaylor & Wilkinson, in their books, show... So Gaylor & Wilkinson, in their books, show something hideous..... but the same type....... and K&K are on the money :D

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 08:27 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ I dont get it..... this badge is properly... I dont get it..... this badge is properly made..... yellow braise.... the edges are good (as you would expect on a plate struck by a die)..... the detail is crisp.... the metal is strong and bulls up...

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 08:06 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Hold on.... News just in......the image I have... Hold on.... News just in......the image I have been shown is of the "fake" (middle one below) ....... therefore....... Keith and I have the fakes...... because the die flaws are the same. The...

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 07:57 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Keith yours is identicle to all the "good"... Keith yours is identicle to all the "good" ones..... even in the back of the badge.... you cant fake die flaws..... my Nelly has them also.

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 07:29 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Well I have compared Peters and another "Known"... Well I have compared Peters and another "Known" proper one..... and I have to say I cant see a difference.....even in the back of the badges.... all three have the same features..... Peter.... can...

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 07:10 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Well..... I have been shown another "good... Well..... I have been shown another "good 'un"..... and I have to say that my Nelly is identicle..... even down to the die flaws in the back of the badge!?

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 05:48 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ oooooo so close.... oh well.... certainly has all... oooooo so close.... oh well.... certainly has all the features of others that I have seen in the albums.... its a bloody good fake... yellow braise etc :rolleyes: It will stay in its place until a...

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 31-01-12, 01:51 PM

Replies: 45 Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Views: 7,800 Posted By GriffMJ Double Scroll Nelly (19th Hussars) Is this a good one or a bad one!? :) Its has been cleaned on receipt..... it had varnish on it.... the loops were glazed with it. Its been heated to burn off the varnish and then been deep cleaned...

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