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Old 28-02-10, 05:14 AM
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Default 12th Australian Infantry Regiment officer's hat badge *** FAKE ***

12th Australian Infantry Regiment (1900 to 12) officer's hat badge of dubious authenticity.

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I have spoken to some other very knowledgeable Australian collectors and we all agree that this badge appears to be one of the ones that came out of Melbourne a few years ago.

A certain unscrupulous person (and also sadly a member of this forum) has attempted to add enamel to several authentic Other Rank hat badges to make them into super expensive ($1000+) officer hat badges! The badge is real but an attempt has been made to alter it to be a more expensive and much rarer badge by adding enamel to it.

Here is another altered badge for comparison. It also looks very new.



Here's an authentic badge for comparison.



Mick

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Other dodgy enamel badges also seen include the 49th Battalion (Stanley Regiment) and possibly an 11th Light Horse (VMR)
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Old 06-03-10, 11:24 PM
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Yikes! An expensive fake! Someone got stung for $510 for this fake!
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