RFC Badge Query - Solid Backed on One Side

[Hawthorn]

Good evening,

Was recently shown an image of a Royal Flying Corps badge found by a work colleague in a general antique shop with, what to me, is a strange anomaly. As can be seen the left side of the badge is voided whilst the right is solid. Unfortunately he didn't take a picture of the reverse.

Any thoughts please, down right fake? Manufacturers error?

Regards Simon.

[arrestingu]

...just looks like an error when being voided, cut....a curiosity.
Regards
Steve

[Hawthorn]

Steve,

Many thanks for your reply, a curiosity indeed, I'm hoping for a picture of the reverse next week.

Regards Simon.

[dumdum]

Yep, just a "mistake" from that maker. Some badges were "blanked" out using various cutting/ trimming tools with some hand piercing for finer detail.

May well be that this part should have been cut by hand but slipped through the system.

[Hawthorn]

Dumdum,

Many thanks for that.

Simon.

[Frank Kelley]

I would certainly be interested to see it's reverse.

Originally Posted by Hawthorn

Steve,

Many thanks for your reply, a curiosity indeed, I'm hoping for a picture of the reverse next week.

Regards Simon.

[Hawthorn]

Will chase up the reverse photograph and post it when I can.

Regards Simon.

[Hawthorn]

Tried chasing up the reverse photograph of this badge but it has been sold to a visitor to the shop. it's out there somewhere so may turn up as a rare version RFC example some time soon on Ebay

Simon.

[Jelly Terror]

Agree with the above comments; simply a poorly struck pierced bit of kit:

Type 4L h1.jpg Type 4L h2.jpg

[dumdum]

As I was once told:

"Imagine if you've been knocking out a few thousand of something, the concept of "quality control" does tend to vary from day to day..."

[magpie]

Nothing wrong with the strike, they've just missed out one or more of the piercing stages.