Hi phil,
I have examples of this badge with varying degrees of taper to their sliders, not all are badges that I regard as genuine, none however have a taper as pronounced as the one shown here.
I know there are good badges that feature the "folded" type slider but I haven't seen one on this badge before.
Other negatives are the apparent seemingly sharp edges to the voiding on the reverse, together with the incomplete voiding on the cypher.
On the plus side it seems to be a very detailed strike.
As a collector of RE badges though, I would be happy to give it house room as a variation.
Hopefully other RE collectors will be able to give a more definitive answer.
Regards
Ry
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