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Old 08-07-20, 05:45 PM
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Definitely no expert on these badges, but the slider on he horn badge seems ot be he "Morrison" slider that I asked about on a different badge I was looking at getting. It was my understanding that this type of tapering slider was the sign of a fake.

Again, I am no expert, just going by what I was advised here regarding the slider, and feel someone more knowledgeable should make the call.

Terry
The badge is an original from the FN die and the style of slider is typical of that maker. A nice marked example is demonstrated here in Tony B’s album:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=117585

Morrison sliders in my opinion exhibit a harsher taper akin to the ‘ENGLAND’ marked batch of repros.
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