Help Needed on Some British/French WW2 Metal Parachute Regiment Cap Badges Please !

[oc14]

Not my area of expertise at all, just seeking opinions and information on the badges in the attached images please. All will be available for purchase as they don't fall into any of my collecting fields
1) Parachute Regiment lugged cap badge with non voided crown, well polished example
2) as above - may have been relugged at some time ??
3) Parachute Regiment lugged badge with crown VERY NEATLY removed and smoothed down where the crown was originally attached
4)As above with a Cross of Lorraine attached to the front of the badge. A nice quality item complete with a brass backing plate impressed with the number 8544 (this may be a complete red herring)

[Luke H]

1) genuine, no issues at all there.
2) common fake before the die flaw developed.
3) genuine badge, the crown removed is attributed to the Free French paras. In my opinion it’s all too easy to take the crown off a para badge then charge 4 or 5 times the value. Personally I’d want attribution.
4) common fake with cross of Lorraine superimposed, again attributed to Free French. Highlights my point about badge 3.

Hope that helps.

[oc14]

Thanks Luke so not a complete washout then !

Paul