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Help needed to ID 3 Signs
Hello Gentleman,
I am hoping someone could help identify these 3 formation signs Tried searching the internet, but found nothing as of yet. Many thanks Andrew |
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Hi Andrew,
My suspicion is that they are fake and/or fantasy. There was a thread about this style of patch with some known fakes. Fake TRF Patches.jpg Terry |
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Hi Terry,
Thanks I do not collect these, but its for a fellow collector that is not on this forum, so said i would see if anyone knows what they are, possible you are right, about fantasy or fake patches, I do not have the heart to tell him yet they possible fake, as he has been trying for ages to ID them |
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Cloth badge.
Is this printed badge another from the series?
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In my mind it is, or at the very least suspicious.
Terry |
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I can’t identify the signs in the opening post but here are some more fakes for comparison. Sometimes the white fabric is found stained with tea to simulate age!
Tim
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"Manui dat cognitio vires - Knowledge gives strength to the arm" "Better to know it but not need it than to need it and not know it!" "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest." |
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A few more including one of thicker fabric that's been given the tea/coffee treatment:
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Cloth Badge.
One I found online, same maker?
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I really can not believe the amount of fake patches out there,
Why would anyone bother buying them? |
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Er because they're young and stupid (so OK, I wasn't that young).
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Andrew, the answer is yes, there are unlimited numbers of fakes available for the unsuspecting and/or unknowing. I also suspect that I am not the only one who has bought fakes without knowing it.
This is one big reason for me that this forum and it's members are such a blessing to me! I have learned so much and never enjoyed he hobby more! Terry |
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Hi Terry,
Thanks, but i can not understand why anyone would print fantasy military patches of units that never existed, or there was never such an approved design i can understand the reasoning why copying exact genuines to pass off as fakes or replicas Maybe i am in the wrong business and should start screen printing |
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Andrew, Stay where you are, and save your reputation as one of the good guys!!!
Terry |
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Fake and made up printed and embroidered badges have been / are produced for films and TV programmes.
See my album https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...p?albumid=2439 Tim
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And some that didn't exist as cloth signs are based on formation signs that were painted on vehicles, like the kangaroo and boomerang one I posted, copied from a illustration in one of Howard Coles' books.
The kangaroo and boomerang entry in "Heraldry of War": Last edited by leigh kitchen; 28-03-24 at 09:31 AM. Reason: Illustration added. |
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