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#1
28-08-09, 01:31 AM
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Will they ever stop coming out?
Yet another Canadian Parachute Corps badge of dubious ancestry.
http://cgi.ebay.com/WW2-BRITISH-MADE...4#ht_500wt_975 
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28-08-09, 01:51 AM
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But Bill, I just had 57,000 of these Thomas Fatorini plaques made up (the Gaunt ones just weren't doing the trick anymore)! And everyone knows if it comes with a plaque from Birmingham, it's got to be good!
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28-08-09, 12:04 PM
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Oh my, that badge looks horrid. It is based on the Officers pattern judging by the voided areas between the lines and wings. There also appears to be a large flaw in the "O" of Corps, also a smaller one in the "P" of Corps.
Further to these notes, the lugs are very sloppily applied, as if repaired at one time.... of which I read no such statement from the seller.
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#5
28-08-09, 12:07 PM
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That's not all Bill. In the description the seller says...." GENUINE BADGE OWNED BY ME FOR MANY YEARS", and...."MAY BE SILVER"....lastly... "MAY BE A PRIVATE PURCHASE".
So, with all this, no wonder an unsuspecting or ignorant buyer might fall for this kind of c**p....... Jo
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29-08-09, 03:04 PM
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There are 2 identical badges on the first page of ebay listings which is dubious in itself, both from Australia which is enough to steer you clear of them, both with too low a opening bid from the same fellow & they are still biding on them.
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#7
29-08-09, 04:32 PM
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I wonder what would happens if someone sent an email to the seller and told him point-blank that he is selling a garbage badge and that we know that.......??? Would he care ???
Jo
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#8
29-08-09, 11:23 PM
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The vendor may very well have "privately purchased" the badge "many years" ago...
Phil
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07-09-09, 01:52 AM
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Price realized, $330 US. This badge will now become part of the lore of the Cdn Para Corps badges. Someone paid way too much for something so dubious.
Even with all the research and information out there, many collectors will not avail themselves and find what is authentic and what is not.
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07-09-09, 12:28 PM
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Concerning this badge, as P.T.Barnum is supposed to have said about....one born every minute....in this case there are nine who got caught. In fact we should pity the poor b*****d who probably spent some good money on a piece of scrap metal.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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#13
08-09-09, 12:19 AM
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Its the same badge as I showed against mine for comparison in th thread NEW 1 CPB Repro If he can get $330 for his fake, whats mine worth. Retlaw.
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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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#14
08-09-09, 12:43 AM
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Hello Simon et al, The Canadian Parachute badge comes in three basic varieties, the brass issue cap, (like yours Simon), a plastic issue, and an officer's issue. The authentic brass badges sell for at least $300 US retail. The plastic badges are much more, and the officer's example just sold for $860 US.
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What recession? More money than sense. It must have been a real 'must have' item. I know the feeling but have tried hard to temper my collecting with a modicum of common sense.
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