68 DIFFERENT ORIGINAL WW2 FORMATION SIGNS PATCHES

[ORISKANY]

Hello there all you experts on this subject.

Take a look at Ebay no 110428112433 and be amazed at the truly wonderful selection of 'rare' formation signs for sale. Almost too good to be true!

[ORISKANY]

Here is an image for you to see.

May I suggest that all of them are not WW2 as stipulated? For instance, the 6th Armoured Div one (Mailed fist) didn't exist in matching pair during WWII (correct me if I'm wrong)...and when I see the one in the middle, the thumb is on the left of the fist, which shows the insignia has been rotated 90°CCW. This one looks post war to me. Am I wrong?

[cbuehler]

Hmmm. Most of them look like the phonies turned out by a certain ebay seller.

CB

Are you thinking about C-----d?

[Staffsyeoman]

I was at a D-Day commemorative event in the south of England, strangely enough at the end of June, and in the small selection of stalls was a trader selling nearly all of these things shown here as what they were - modern reproductions. Some were well made, and certainly would not have disgraced battledress of the true period. However, once they get into the market place, the rules of the game subtly shift.

[NEMO]

Hi good morning , most of these are complete rubbish and you can tell the badges have been artificially aged .

The Mailed fist and horse shoe examples are part of a batch that came from a dealer on the south coast of England a long time back .
These were one of the first generation attempts to fake printed insignia , they were quite well made on stiff white backing that had been aged very well ,the give away was that the print design was more of a paint type finish and if you bent the badge the paint would crack showing the base cloth .
They were very good for the time and fooled a lot of collectors cant remember all the examples but they were a few Aussie and N.Z units
Regards ,Michael.

[ORISKANY]

FOR SOME REASON THIS ITEM SEEMS TO HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM EBAY BEFORE ITS TIME WAS UP