RM cap badges opinion please

[Irv]

Hi Guy's,

Can you please give your opinions on these badges please.

Regards
Irv

[manchesters]

First and Last are fake, and middle one home made.

regards

[Ray6930]

Hi Irv
Not sure on the first one as I don’t have my reference books to hand to check the pattern of the globe and laurel, certainly done more neatly than a lot of the copies of that badge.
The middle one is an ugly rendition of I not what
Third one is a copy in my opinion. Should have voiding between globe and laurel, normally the originals have a strengthening piece behind the ship (hand made in the field by the looks of ones I have seen)
Proper RMLC (at a price I can afford!) still eludes me
Ray

[Irv]

Cheers guys.
I thought the first one might have a chance. I can see that the second has the additional but looks like it might have been a RMA that has lost its flaming bomb. The third is a fake.
I'll keep looking.

[Luke H]

Irv,

Bosley’s liked the ‘world record’ price they got for this genuine one so much so that they show it off permanently on their site https://www.bosleys.co.uk/en-GB/mili...tions/page_362

With fees it works out just south of £1,400.

Probably a rarer badge than the fabled double scroll Nelly!

Luke

[Alan O]

The first one could be right as the RMEs who wore then initially used a collar and a separate grenade so a locally conversion or one piece is not impossible. The design was worn.