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I am new to collecting cap badges and shoulder titles from the Great War. I am most interested in collecting badges etc from the West Yorkshire battalions. I have a few items that is growing. Thank you all for your help, I am learning.
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I am new to collecting cap badges etc from the Great War, I am most interested in collecting badges and shoulder titles from the West Yorkshire battalions. Thank you all for your help. I am learning
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I will not be selling the badge on Paul as a original. I have no plans in selling it. As I said its is now for reference only for compering.
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Good number of threads on this subject- via the search box. Here is one thread. https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ght=leeds+pals I've nothing I can add that has not been said before. Regards, Paul.
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Thank you for your help, you are lucky to have a original Leeds Pals cap badge. in time I will have one also Paul
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Thank you for the thread Paul.
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You are correct to hang on to copies as there is one thing to keep in mind. At this point in time there may be nothing in favour of a badge- but as time goes by who can know what information may turn up- further information that condemns a badge- or evidence that shows it to in fact be good. Regards, Paul.
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That is so true Paul! Who knows!
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I would like to know the origin of these so called fake cap badges. They are well made, what I mean was they made for the Leeds council employees to wear on there cap and dealers mistaken them as a Pals cap badge. If I had the skills to make fake cap badges, I would makei them spot on. Its military dealers and Ebay dealers that sell them as original, they should know better.
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Fake badges
I have all the Canadian Scottish WW1 my father collected just after wWW2 ended up to 1950, ands I'm dammed certain there are no fakes amongst them. I once asked a dealer how much and he offered me 1500 for the lot. I sodded him off, went in library, found and old book 20 years out of date, by the time I'd checked 1/2 of them it came to over 3000 quid, and some of them were good value even then, I contacted a Canadian forum and they wanted me to fly over with them, NO bloody way. I still have them mounted on boards parcelled up for my daughters when I pop off.
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Its to be hoped that there is intelligent life on other planets, because there's sod all on this one. Nephew of Walter Holmes. Last of the original Accrington Pals to be killed in action 29-09-1918 1730 hrs. |
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Great to have had such a collection to pass on to your family. A collection from the period you mention collected at the time must be wonderful to have.
For any active collector now- I would think it over confidence if anyone should state that they have never been caught out with a fake badge. The longer you collect hopefully the more knowledge is gained, but as we are all fallible human beings, mistakes will happen. Regards, Paul |
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Fake badges
How do they make these fake badges in the first place, it would take a lot of time and engineering skills to make stamps and dies
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Some, but not all, original dies, notably from Gaunt, FN and Woodward were used to make restrikes after the period of wear for the collectors market. The early ones of these are obviously the hardest to spot but latterly there are some difference with style and type of sliders/loops used and often the dies wear out due to overuse, also the presses used are of varying weight so reverse detail often differs significantly and is much poorer on reproductions. I’ve sent you a friend request. If you accept you’ll be able to see 2 albums of badges from mostly fake dies and a few restrikes. These were published in the 1980s by Martin Marsh and were often sold by the ice cream tub-ful! |
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Fake Badges
Just been thinking have any of these fakers used the lost wax process. I used that method when I was into Jewelry making
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