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Old 30-04-21, 09:58 PM
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Recently picked up this badge and I think it is a good one, but am perplexed as to why it is blackened as it is normally GM. I am of course aware that many TA and Yeomanry regiments did sport bronze/black badges at times.

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Anybody up for this?

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Very yellow brass painted black suggests fake to me. Sorry.
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Thanks Alan. It does have rather yellowish brass to the high points, but otherwise does not seem to be a fake. Perhaps the blackening is to cover up a multitude of evils however....

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