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Manchester Pals
Interested in thought from those with knowledge of this badge- faults on the MAN letters is what I would like opinion on. Regards, Paul.
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Mine is here. It suffered from an unnecessary polishing from the dealer I bought it from. The 'bubbles' on yours concern me as they may be the result of a lost wax copy being made. If you have a set of digital scales can you weigh yours? Last edited by Alan O; 27-05-15 at 01:54 PM. |
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Kitchen scales 11 grams.
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Wardog,
As a long time collector of these I can add the following. 1. From the front it looks good, apart from- 2. The bubbles? Not on my originals 3. The loops are in the correct position 4. The crud on the back makes me suspicious and should not be there. Mine weighs 10.9g. If its a copy then its a good one. Would I pay full retail for it?--- No. regards
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Paul
From your images I would be happy with it and of all the genuine examples I've EVER seen they have ALL had differing colour finishes! I suspect they were issued in Gm and blackened locally despite what others may think? Just my view Andy |
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I must correct you on the above. Firstly the badges are not GM they are a yellow brass. Secondly they have a brown bronze finish, and are not blackened. IMHO the manufacture was done at just one factory, due to the consistency of the unusual placing of the lugs. Also why would they not bronze finish the badges at the point of manufacture at the factory rather than send them, unfinished, to 2 Brigades of freshly enlisted men camped in newly built huts in a public park with few facilities to cook and clean, let alone start bronzing 8,000 cap badges. regards
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I've certainly always believed that to be true, however, both brass and blackened/bronze seem to have been worn together.
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