Thanks CB
Yes over three periods In the Seventy's when at school restrikes were easy they were new and the antique dealers didn't think badges were worth anything and would keep them for me stopped for about ten years,, started again in the ninety's loads of fakes got fed up sorting through the rubbish and stopped for another ten years started again about ten years ago mostly buying in auctions but only if I can view you really need a badge in your hand saleroom is good to see whats there but some of the pictures are terrible and bulk lots have to be sifted some very good mixed with rubbish, personally I like auctions but take the view the auctioneer is the sellers agent he can't serve the buyer as well so in my opinion buyers premium has always been a ripoff, that said the essex officers HP was misdiscribed as O/R along with a Cornwall by an auction house that should know better so I picked up both for less than 100
