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Heavy AAC badge ?
Good afternoon gents,
AAC badge number 25 fell on my doormat this afternoon after a long journey from the UK. I think it' s a die-cast (?) badge with a non-voided crown that I haven't seen before. The weight is 13.51 grams which is much more then the usual 7 or 8 grams of the normal die-struck badges. May I have the benefit of the wisdom of this forum, please? What are your opinions? AAC-BADGE-25-1.jpg AAC-BADGE-25-2.jpg Marinus |
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Probably one that was locally made from a die-struck badge.
I have seen similar badges so I would say it looks good, I would happily add it to my collection. |
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I agree with Luc. It appears to be cast from an original. Who, what, when, where, why I shall leave to others. ‘Theatre made’ badges are their own niche minefield.
For what it’s worth it appears to have some age to it and the loops from what I can see do not scream modern repro to me. |
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Heavy AAC badge
Thank you very much again, Luc and Luke!
Marinus |
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Who was the seller?. |
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Would you care to elaborate on that?
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Sure. I bought one myself and had it appraised by a guy who knows these badges well. I was shown screenshots of half a dozen that were exactly the same. Most were ebay offerings but there was also an image of one saved from the website of a well known Dutch dealer. I was told that these only started appearing on the market around seven years ago and the screenshots were collected over just an eighteen month period.
Wartime locally made badges to the army air corps are rare so the sheer number of the above appearing over such a short period of time, was all I needed to consign mine to the scrap heap. Hope that helps. |
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Heavy AAC badge fake?
Oh dear.
Bought this on eBay together with a nice tank regiment badge. Can you share those screenshots with the forum please? Marinus |
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I wish that was possible but after receiving the information, there was no reason for me to save the photos.
As is so often the case, a badge is dividing opinion so if you'd prefer to take the advice of others, then that's absolutely fine. I'm as certain as it's possible to be that this is not a genuine piece and gain nothing from spreading misinformation. Please can you pass on the user I.D of the ebay seller from who this came; you can do so by private message if you prefer. Last edited by Artillery909; 28-11-21 at 02:56 PM. |
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The badge is perfectly original, I have much the same from it's original wearer, who gave it to me over forty years ago, they are simply die cast rather than die struck and I believe that they are early made examples rather than theatre made.
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Half a dozen very rare airborne badges appearing in relatively quick succession was a major red flag for me. Are there not other locally made badges out there to the army air corps and assuming yes, how often do those turn up?. I have rug rats to attend to. |
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Thus, bar a few documented exceptions, then without provenance as per Frank’s example for me there’s nearly always a question mark. However I would say that items appearing in quick succession does not equal fake. Very often in this hobby scarcer pieces are like buses. |
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I was happy with the information that I was given. It came via a friend of someone whose record keeping of airborne and special forces fakes is impeccable. |
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I had not seen a genuine Sharpshooters IY for sale for well over a year, perhaps two. Then in 2020 within the space of 6 months I saw 5 come onto the market, 3 appearing within a fortnight! No more have surfaced since and it is now over a year on. May I ask since those six how many have you seen since and how long has it been? Re your man was this their opinion based on six appearing in short order or did they evidence a single seller or spurious source as being responsible? A few eBayers I know of involved in the sale of cast copies are ‘5555destination’ (or whatever his latest alias is), ‘peterg5733’, ‘pe1ju2’ and ‘int.militaria’. It should be noted the last three do state their wares are not original in the descriptions. I’m yet to see an AAC amongst their offerings. |
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duplicate post
Last edited by RobD; 29-11-21 at 06:05 AM. |
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