Essex Scottish Badges.

[Bill A]

M1957, Croft was active over at least the last 15 or so years until recently. They used several pseudonyms on ebay including badgeman2005, plus several others.
The focus of the investigation was the medal forgery, but they made many many fake badges. Most of the badges were struck in soft brass which lacked the crispness and detail of authentic badges. For the Essex Scottish the key is the fact the badge is in brass, there is a "softness" to the striking.