Thanks very much Luke,
Having only had a single one with a reasonable looking Sphinx and lugs I had assumed it was genuine. The classic error I think was paying decent money at C&T auction for it last year in the belief that their description and fierce competition for it told me something I wanted to hear. Back to the wants list then.
Apologies Mike for passing judgement on your badge with my comments probably being in the most part correct but not with a genuine badge to use as a reference but just a better copy.
Buying like this from overseas without being able to have a look at the badge in your hand is reliant on trust, decent auction photographs and a better knowledge of the finer points of a genuine badge. It was why I started my kingscolonials.com website as so many copies going for big money. Saying that I just received two genuine KC badges from C&T so just buyer due diligence required. cheers Dean.
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