No 10 commando shoulder titles original?

[andundiek]

Hello guys and girls,

A friend is thinking of buying these No10 Commando shoulder titles but wants to be sure they are original.

Please help him out!
Any info very welcome.

[andundiek]

detail front

[andundiek]

backside

[andundiek]

backside detail

[lnijherald]

Modern replicas I'm afraid.

Cheers, Luc

Here's a good one, picture taken at the Hartenstein airborne museum.

[andundiek]

Hello Luc,

Thanks for your input.........Not a good start though.......

[lnijherald]

Eric, originals are very hard to find.

As an aside, I passed van Wielik in the Hague on my way to work today (supplyers of orders and medals). They had a No10 Commando BD blouse on display in one of the windows, and a Prinses Irene blouse in another. My mouth dropped when I saw it but upon closer inspection both sported fake shoulder titles.

Cheers, Luc

[andundiek]

Hi Luc,

I can understand you would not have expected a firm like that would display tunics with fake insignia but I guess It******180;s hard for them ore for the owner of the tunics to find original ones also...

Luc please don******180;t get me wrong as I******180;m sure you know what you are talking about but are there more people who know these are newly made fakes?
I know my friend would be more sure they are fake when more people have the same opinion about them.

I know my friend wil keep an eye on this thread!

Have fun collecting and thanks again.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Luc is spot on with these...they don't come much worse than the ones you've posted.

Nylon construction, incorrect backing, scrawly font, low quality...just about sums them up.

Jack.

[DJT]

I can only agree with Luc and Jack. Simply compare them to the original example shown and the differences are quite apparent.

[lnijherald]

There comes the cavalry, I knew we would agree on these.

Eric, I had a look at the repro No10 title from my collection, the embroidery is a bit thicker but basically an identical badge.

Cheers, Luc

[andundiek]

Hi guys!

I´m just back in town from my 2 weeks motor trip to Bretagne/Normandie in France!
Amazing I could do without the computer for all that time

So sorry for my late reply and many thanks for your input!
Although no good news for my friend...