[Jeff Mc William]

My word, this has turned out to be a fascinating thread ! And, while I agree in principle with many who berate the manufacture of historic badge reproductions which are passed off as the genuine article as undermining the integrity of the hobby, one cannot escape the fact that they are well established now and continue to be so.

Surely, as with other specialist activities, part of our expertise must include the ability to be aware and distinguish between genuine and fake artefacts, and this can only come from hard-earned experience and expert guidance. In this latter field I feel that Mr Neibelungen has contributed greatly to our understanding of the various techniques and methods used to produce such items in a number of past threads on this forum for which I, for one, am exceedingly grateful. His honesty and integrity in these matters deserves to be appreciated and not subjected to insults and innuendo. It would be unfortunate indeed if we were to discourage this gentleman from contributing to this forum which I believe he has contributed greatly. Regards. Jeff