Reconnaissance Cap Badge.

[LeeMacManus]

Hi Guys,
I recently purchased this recce cap badge from eBay. I thought it looked okay from the pictures but now it’s in my hand I’m not so sure.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[LeeMacManus]

Any ideas?
Here’s some close ups of the slider.

[gb64]

Hello Lee, the badge looks good to me, hopefully others will confirm.


Gerard

[jeep]

Lee. Difficult to tell from the photo due to shadow but I was always led to believe that if the spear haft below the scroll was thinner than above, then that was a tell tale sign of a fake. As always happy to be proved wrong.

[magpie]

Looks ok to me, the spear looks ok to me from what I can see from your picture.

[Alan O]

Looks ok the shaped triangle end to the slider where it joins the badge is not seen on common fakes.

[LeeMacManus]

Thanks Guys.
Apart from the thinner shaft of the spear, is there anything else to look out for?

[Luc]

It appears to have a slider identical to the one attached; crimped to fit the lightning bolt. That is a good sign.

[LeeMacManus]

Thanks Luc,
It’s very daunting starting out collecting, when there are so many fakes.

[Alan O]

This one belonged to my grandfather in WW2 so is correct. It was big corps and several dies exist. They come with lugs and sliders.

[LeeMacManus]

Thanks for the information, Alan.

[Alan O]

I would avoid spending any money on any Yorkshire one as the vast majority are fakes with applied roses.

W/M and chromed ones exist. The w/m has been attributed to scottish regts but this may or may not be accurate.

I suspect the chrome ones were late war purchases for wear on coloured side caps that were all the vogue at the end of the war for 'best'.