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20-02-17, 06:16 PM
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LRDG Officer Slide
Prospective buyers beware of this fake on eBay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LRDG-OFFIC...sAAOSw4CFYqaOw A fake brass LRDG title fitted to a captain rank slide for the purpose of deception. Take a look at the other fakes he is peddling... Keith
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20-02-17, 07:24 PM
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For the purposes of information - What makes you think it is fake?
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20-02-17, 09:28 PM
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How about letting us all know ?????
Andy
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Leave to carry on Sir please.
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20-02-17, 10:40 PM
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LRDG
Here's the one from IWM collection. Looks same to me?
Rgds Matt
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21-02-17, 08:28 AM
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Is that example original?
The IWM do sometimes display items that would be regarded by many as suspect? Quote:
Last edited by Frank Kelley; 21-02-17 at 01:54 PM.
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#11
21-02-17, 09:49 AM
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Regarding the title in the IWM collection. It is difficult to tell if original or not without an image of the back. When I last visited the IWM they had a fake LRDG cap badge attached to an "Arab" headdress on display...
Keith
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#13
21-02-17, 11:09 AM
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Roger PS The listing was ended by the seller today "because the item was lost or broken" after bids had been placed. "Lost or broken" is one of the few reasons ebay allow a seller to end a listing, so it is not necessarily literally true! No doubt the seller reads this Forum! Last edited by Cribyn; 21-02-17 at 11:14 AM. Reason: PS added
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#14
21-02-17, 11:15 AM
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Passing on knowledge
I believe that you cannot publish how to spot a fake without telling a faker how to correct the fault, this has happened to a degree with the dud Volunteer and Territorial Force Artillery badges which now seem to appear with one of the faults corrected, there are fortunately other faults.
Rob
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#15
22-02-17, 07:48 AM
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To me LRDG shoulder titles are a very mixed bag when it comes to understanding what is good and what is bad. The first official insignia worn by the LRDG was a shoulder title with the red letters ‘LRDG’ on a navy blue to black cloth background. The brass LRDG shoulder titles fortunately are much easier to understand as compared to their cloth counterparts they are much less common and can be divided into just two types. The first type is what is commonly referred to as the Egyptian sand cast LRDG shoulder title, the second type is the die stamped LRDG shoulder title made by ‘J R Gaunt’ who especially made 50 pairs for LRDG veterans who participated in the Victory Parade in London. Basically brass LRDG shoulder titles are rare and without provenance should be treated with the greatest of caution for those who do not have pictures of 100% pukka LRDG badges to compare with. From memory but could be wrong, if I recall ‘Omok1’ who is a forum member, has both versions of brass LRDG shoulder titles that were obtained from LRDG veterans. Maybe if he sees this he will post the fronts of his brass LRDG badges.
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