Badge 2 and 3 are most certainly original. Is there any chance of a close up of badge 1 please? If it has a small imperfection above the right antler, below the "H" then it is not original.
I have shown a couple of images of fake Hertfordshire badges below and as far as I am aware there are only two fake dies being used. The Queen's crown badge is a fake that came from the "Ron collection" that he had made up, but I think that I have the only one. Arrows illustrate what to look out for.
Also, I often hear reference two either "wide antler" or "narrow antler" variants. This is an outdated reference that was coined years ago by collectors and is incorrect. The Hertfordshire Regiment badge was worn for many years and has several variants. I have catalogued 17 so far and they vary from narrow to wide with several inbetween. Some have dots and some don't.
Apologies for the old pictures, but I hope that they will help somewhat.
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