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Hiall
I did a search on the Middlesex Works cap badge, to see if they were being sold. Being as I thought a rare cap badge, I was surprised to to find there were six dealers selling them on ebay, and the prices they were asking Gerwyn |
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All overpriced fakes. The most expensive I can see is £199.99. You will have done will if you obtain a genuine example for the former price, genuine other ranks command a fee circa £350 from the more reliable dealers. |
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Thank you for showing the reverse. Regards Gerwyn |
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I thought the same with them being fakes, mind you the dealers did say, they thought they were genuine, but check the photos. The £199 one, has the Firmin London stamp on, it also has a SIVER stamp. Regards Gerwyn |
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Better photos, a clean up of over 40 years of gunge, and a better phone camera.
IMG_20230415_172420_799~2.jpg thumbnail_IMG_4409.jpg Gerwyn |
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Hello Luke. It was picked up in the 80s, please can you be more constructive with your information. Gerwyn.
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Gerwyn,
If you take the time to search the numerous threads on those 3 particular badges on here on which many knowledgable members have contributed, particularly the issues concerning fakes then you will see what is bad about your badges. regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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Hello dubaiguy. A better of the Middlesex Works badge. Gerwyn,
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Hello Simon. I have been looking at threads with photos of the Middlesex Works badge, but I can only find OR ones. Gerwyn.
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Hi,
as indicated, lots of good reading here on Pals fakes and what to look out for, but to start you off, the easiest way (but not the only way) to pick a Birmingham Pals fake is the neck. Note the 3 'jewels', these are missing on fakes, ie, 99.9% of eBay offerings. It's a good initial cull, and will vastly reduce the ones worth looking at. Regards, Tim Last edited by Chipper; 17-04-23 at 12:56 PM. Reason: typo |
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Added, I can just make out of what's left of the goats coat using a magnifying glass, which going by the chain the badge has been highly polished. Last edited by pioneercorps; 17-04-23 at 01:38 PM. |
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yep, sadly, many fakes are so old now, they develop (or are helped along by the fakers) a nice patina. Quality is also no guarantee, as, for instance, you'll note for the Welsh 11th Bttn collars, the fakes are a much superior strike of badge than the real ones. While you can generalise the Victorian period badges were crafted to a very high standard, the same cannot be said about some WW1 badges.
Such a minefield, but as with anything, knowledge is king, and there are plenty of posts and people here who have vast knowledge, which has helped me immeasurably in weeding out bad ones; a problem I would guess 100% of members have had at some stage or another. Cheers, Tim |
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Feel free to have a look at my album (and do a 'pals' search for another albums by other members) to get an idea of bona fide badges.
Cheers, Tim https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...p?albumid=2654 |
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