Fake Birmingham Pals Badge on ebay
Well it seems the badge re-sold for a modest £8.50, which, for what it is, is much more reasonable than the £40.99 it went for the first time ’round. I take your point Alan, about how because the features of the genuine Pals’ badges have become more widely known, it is perhaps inevitable that someone will try and make up a badge to reflect this. At least in this instance they didn’t use an actual Pals’ style antelope, which, as you’ll know, do crop up fairly regularly as a normal OR’s badge. For the time being, of course, the only scrolls available are reproduction ones, so even if someone did venture to make up another fake Pals’ badge using the right kind of antelope, then the lettering on the scrolls would, thankfully, still be a dead give away!
Regards
Martin
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