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hello
thank for your offer this one i already have it!on mine (first shown in this thread) MARS has exactly the same juvenile spots on the face!! a young fake!! regards christophe |
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One of the big tells on the fake is Minerva's face, a huge protruding chin, a nose that could double as a sun dial and wild staring eyes. Would you go out with a girl with a face like that? Now, this is a girl that you could take home to me your dear old mum, wholesome and fair of face.
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ictureid=81770 Last edited by High Wood; 14-10-18 at 04:04 PM. |
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I agree with Simon, that fake badges do frequently have the distended chin. However, not all badges with this characteristic are fakes/copies. There is a photograph of Wilfred Owen, wearing just such a badge.
JT |
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Here is a link to a white metal version in my collection. No protruding chin but I have never been entirely happy with this badge.
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ictureid=87970 |
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i do think there is an original "big chin" pattern .the one worn in the photo of Wielfried Owen seems to have a feature that fakes do not have
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#21
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I agree with you, not very keen on it's reverse, but, to be quite honest, I have always thought actually getting hold of an original that is pleasing to the eye is very difficult.
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#22
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B****r it! Just smashed my one up "wiv 'n 'ammer"
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#23
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Which is extremely odd considering that the battalion was chock a block with artists who could presumably draw faces.
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Indeed, notwithstanding, I would think that those particular men did not produce the dies from which the actual badges were manufactured.
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Indeed, my tongue was rather firmly in my cheek.
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#26
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The collecting of fake badges is no more or less worthwhile than the collection of "real" ones. A collection is a collection be it 19th century postage stamps, telegraph poles or worms.
In this case it could possibly be argued that the collection & identification of fakes is potentially more rewarding as it involves as much if not more detective work & there are just as many stories to be discovered. If posters look on this forum, there are probably more words dedicated to fakes than to the real thing! |
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What a load of ol' tripe! |
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Would you collect fake Rolexes? Fake anything, other than badges? Rgds, Thomas |
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Originally Posted by General Ignorance
" it could possibly be argued that the collection & identification of fakes is potentially more rewarding " whilst fakes of any nature are intrinsically worthless, many dealers find the sale of them quite profitable, Regards, Major Calamity ( tangents Dude )
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" the art of collecting badges, darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night " |
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I far prefer that this be treated as badge forum rather than people rock up and attempt to start flame wars by treating it as an argumentative chat room.
Regards, Corporal Punishment (eyebrow hair collector). |
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