Hi RCN
Mr B, the well known auctioneer, informed me that it was a product of someones imagination who then had some made a number of years ago. He then mentioned that he knew who the person was. It is not listed or mentioned in any publication. I had one given to me a number of years ago, it has a gilt finish and looks very professional, fortunately I did not pay for it. Mine did not have a "Gaunt" stamp on the back so it looked less convincing!
I wonder if I should put my badge on ebay, but I would not like to fleece money out of anyone, we have all had that experience of finding "bad badges" we had paid good money for. I noticed one on ebay, probably about 3 years ago, it was in a frame with a photograph of a naval rating and looked quite convincing. That went for over £100.00.
I did email the seller to say that no such badge exists, but surprise surprise he did not send a reply back to me.
John