1st Tank Battalion badge question

[geluveld]

Bought this 1st Tank Battalion
I know there’s quite some talk on these badges, by reading former posts about them.
However, I still bought the badge after handling it…

Badge and slider are rock hard and near impossible to bend (so passes the bend test), finish is really well done, doesn’t “feel” like a restrike or copy, and the slider does have a small but present crimp mark…

Could I have a genuine beast here? ???
As it comes from a local collection, based near the border of Flanders and France…