Hello tcrown,
Thank you for your appreciated response. Actually I acquired this badge from a canadian seller who was selling two pieces of same exact pattern of this badge. I took the most preserved one of the two, as the other one had already served of good lunch to the moths. Hence if replica, it isn’t one from yesterday (& canadian moths are sometimes collector’s friends & appreciate replicas
).
Any other members’ opinions please on genuine vs replica?
Please note too that I am collecting not only f.f. militaria, but also Royal & Commonwealth navies ww2 militaria, so I’d be interested to get confirmed whether or not this type of badge was worn by british or Commonwealth commandos, before ww2’s end (which according to other posts on this forum seems to be the case)?
All the best,
JD