Fair warning to members and prospective buyers this current eBay listing is a fake with a fake Gaunt plate
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hood-Batt...EAAOSwcLleZrN3
I have contacted the seller regarding this and explained in depth with comparison photos the reasons. The seller tells me the badge itself was from the recent Dix Noonan and Webb auction and catalogued by Dixon Pickup hence I feel he reticence to contact the auction house to return it.
In fairness to the seller he has removed the word ‘original’ from the listing’s title and added to the description that he’s revived an email saying it’s a good copy.
To be clear, this is a fake. There is no doubt.
Whilst many of the badges from the recent DNW sale were genuine and fairly scarce items I did notice some other fakes within the lots. As it seems these are hitting the market now my advice as always would be to buy each badge on its merits rather than who the seller is or which auction house it came from.