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Old 09-08-20, 10:17 PM
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Lastly, unless it’s my eyes your Para badge’s mark has all the attributes of the mark you describe as fake?

The letters are very close together, the ‘&’ is definitely closer to S of MARPLES, the 3 horizontal lines of the 2nd E increase in length, ‘P’ above ‘B’ and ‘M’ above ‘S’ etc.
Leaving aside the originality of the badge, about which there is debate, I think the slider has been stamped with the second pattern mark which I now believe is a fake. I'm not convinced it's been re-slidered. I have several examples of this badge with the same die marks but only one has the M&B stamp.
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For a list of badges found with MARPLES & BEASLEY over BIRMINGHAM maker mark on sliders see this thread https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...hlight=Marples

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