Fuel to the debate?
Gents - The attached shows a couple of supposedly HOWE badges. One is slidered and does not have the sails voided so is deemed a fake (it is the same size as a lugged version I have that also does not have voided areas around the sails and again a fake). The other one is the intriguing one - it is smaller in size than the others which might normally suggest collar or officer's perhaps (but there seems to be no reference to these anywhere). The design of the scroll and the sails is totally different and it is solid at the back. What do you reckon - a very bad attempt to replicate a badge? _ -_ Ray
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