Not a badge that I would rush to buy without it being in a group to a particular soldier, preferably with an AB64, notwithstanding, you do see plenty of examples that were made in both North Africa and particularly in Italy.
Certainly, just from the photographs, this appears to be one of them, I would not be unhappy with it.
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Originally Posted by enfant perdus
I'm revisiting this thread to seek opinions on the pictured badge. Poorly cast with N/S fixings that are I believe common to bazaar copies. The only intriguing thing is it was previously given a wash of gilt and silver. Mostly polished back to brass (including the elephant), but visible in some places, especially when removing the elephant. I'm not bothered either way, I just wouldn't want to bin it on the off chance it's not a total dud.
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