Paul, if it was me looking at buying I would want to narrow the risks as much as possible, the problem is this is a well known badge frame that is extensively faked, they are currently for sale on Ebay either blank with no number or you "can have any number of your choice stamped in the centre between 1 and 99."
Sadly with modern technologies such as spin casting and CNC machining fine die struck detailing on fakes can be deceiving in photos but be obvious when you have them in hand that they are not right.
With the amount of collectors on this forum we must have a few pukka ones out there that we can compare the fakes with.
Brent
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