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Old 21-08-09, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by mad4thcef View Post
Ian,

The MG badge w/Gaunt is a restrike for the 1934 CDN Corps reunion! I am assumunig hundreds were struck the giveaway is the finish of the badge. The badge was made by Gaunt so in away its legit but not a CEF WW1 badge persay.

I hope this helps

As someone else pointed out, I wonder why they fixed a plaque on the back of a flat part of the badge when normally they would stamp straight into the badge metal itself? the plaques were for adding the gaunt name to an uneven die struck surface.
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