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Originally Posted by Frank Kelley
The first one is interesting with the upside down buttonhole fitting, the enamel appears not to have been fired and of recent manufacture, it is certainly not translucent, the second appears to have been aged, I presume it to the be similar to to spurious example shown in the second link provided by Luke in post twenty two?
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A year or so ago, Vonshite was knocking out various fake aged WW2 Home Front badges, mostly ARP. They were made by the same process: they were able to fake the enamel look but were unable to get the exact font right or the manufacturer's name to the rear of the badge. More details here:
https://www.ww2civildefence.co.uk/fa...rp-badges.html