n°4 commando cap badges and n°5 commando title

[atlante]

Hi

these cap badges for n°4 commando are sell like genuine ww2 by a very known french seller of militaria
each cap badge are proposed for 8000 euros. !!!!
for me i don't like ..the numbers are not like the genuine one (i presume)

the n°5 commando? i don't know !
what about you ?
kind regards

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[half12]

Hello,

This cap badge is not for No4 Commando, but for the 1st BFMC ... 1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos, Free French Navy.

Difficult to be sure without having them in hands ... but they look fine.

I don't know who is the happy owner, but it seems he needs money ...

Best regards .. Herve

[Nico06]

These badges of 1er BFMC are genuine. No problem
Who is the seller ?
I have sold one in 2003 for 3000€

[Mike B]

I concur that the badges look genuine - there are tell-tale signs to look for, which are present in the examples illustrated. Quite rightly these signs are not noted or discussed as fakers would become aware of them.
The No.5 Cdo title has not been discussed above, but is also of fairly well known genuine construction - although a little discoloured at the back. As this badge is not very expensive it is not a problem to disclose the threads to the reverse of the badge provide assurance.
Mike

[tcrown]

These badges look genuine, indeed. It seems they were discussed on the forum a few years ago as Paul (Belly) told me.
Badge #284 was attributed to Marcel Gannat for replacing his previous badge #86 which was lost. Miraculously, it looks like it was found…
Gannat was with Troop 8 and he did landed on D-Day.
The other one (#122) is more intriguing: to Gaston Pourcelot who was part of the Gravelines raid under the command of Pierre Wallerand on Christmas Eve 1943. The raid failed and Wallerand died and the others tried to escape from the Germans. Pourcelot was arrested in Lyon and deported to Buchenwald. He was eventually liberated and came back to London in July 1945. The badge was possibly attributed at that time.

[Belly]

Originally Posted by tcrown

Badge #284 was attributed to Marcel Gannat for replacing his previous badge #86 which was lost. Miraculously, it looks like it was found…

More likely he gave it to his sweetheart!

[tcrown]

Originally Posted by Nico06

I have sold one in 2003 for 3000€

Do you remember its number?

[Belly]

Originally Posted by Nico06

Who is the seller ?

I think the seller was Static Line, bearing in mind this post is 4 years old

[Mike72]

Originally Posted by Belly

I think the seller was Static Line, bearing in mind this post is 4 years old

Yes I'm sûre it's Static Line. It's a friend of me who buy the badge 122