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Originally Posted by Martin Hughes
Hi Jerry, Still relatively wet behind the ears. What do you mean by "is this not another Gaylor badge"? Martin
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Martin, a well known author of badge books of that name had manufactured by Gaunt "copies" of 1960's badges (not sure of exact date range of badges produced) I believe this 1980's when he had an outlet in London.
some consider these as used by cadets or? whilst others consider them fakes.
The badges that were copied, some of them are very expensive in AA but the copies were much cheaper so I have some as well as originals having got them before I got the real ones, such as the Welch or SWB.
I don't know the truth of the matter, was use by cadets or whomever done, but regardless they are often known by his name.
the most obvious tell is plain sliders with mirror detail reverses, whereas most earlier AA had flat backs and makers makers mark on the sliders, though some of the earliest badges don't match what was done later, using metal sliders double naming etc.