[rmarsden]

Originally Posted by Luke H

IMO both are repros. The loops are not Victorian and have feet. The construction is incorrect for the QVC period having a solid back with no braze holes or pinned parts, quite unlike any other overlaid BM cap or glengarry badge. The metal colour too, especially the WM, is wrong.

Also the features of the badge itself I find stylistically awkward and poor, most notably the coarse seeding, ill-defined and misaligned lettering, and the spacer at 6 o’clock in the circlet... what’s it even supposed to be? All hallmarks of a modern repro-ers hand.

Finally the badge is in the Martin Marsh catalogue. It’s one of his fakes. Whether it is a fantasy item or not I’m sure you know better than I, but if these are the only examples of this badge then I suspect it is.

It is very common to find variations in the quality of strike, finish, voiding etc. with Martin Marsh’s wares. This in my belief accounts for the lack of the fillet between the 4 and 2 on the example in post #193.

Luke,
Thanks for your observations, I think I have to agree with you.
Ron.