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    #466
    Thankyou Jack and Ade ,I didnt know Canadian webbing was a more yellowy colour ,but I do now .Rob.
    God please take justin bieber and gave us dio back

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      #467
      Maybe a couple of eBay stories too far?

      http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTHONY-HOPKIN...QQcmdZViewItem

      http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTHONY-HOPKIN...QQcmdZViewItem

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        #468
        Originally posted by Des Thomas
        Maybe a couple of eBay stories too far?

        http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTHONY-HOPKIN...QQcmdZViewItem

        http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTHONY-HOPKIN...QQcmdZViewItem
        Hello Des,

        It's looks very nice isn`t it, a real story, i met Mr Hopkins then..Do you believe it...

        Jeroen

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          #469
          http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

          Hi Guys, Luc very kindly sent me this link yesterday evening knowing my interest in the XXI Indep. Para. Coy.

          I was very excited to click on the link to see the auction: then British Telecom had a big failure and we lost our interenet connection for three and a half hours. I had only just glimpsed the photo. I was really excited about it.

          I telephoned one of the Vets and asked if he recalled anyone with the name "Chapman" serving with the unit? He is not listed within the book "First In" or in the privately published history of the unit or the Vets magazine. Solly recalled a man with this surname.

          My internet connection restored I went straight back to the auction for a proper look. Imagine my dissappointment. The wings are modern and the titles appear to be Indian mades fakes. "Privatly engraved" medals always worry me. So what do we have here? Personally I think the whole lot is a "put together" at best?

          Cheers, Ade.

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            #470
            Hi Ade,
            It is hard to tell from such bad pictures but these titles are quite similar to the ones at the Hartenstein museum.
            If they are Indian made copies they look like the best on the market!

            Cheers, Luc

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              #471
              Museum photo

              Hi Luc, checkout this pic. Note the undersized "A" and the shape of the "R" in the suspect ones.

              Cheers, Ade.

              PS. Same seller has a "blob" die flawed fake PR cap badge for sale.
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                #472
                Originally posted by Adrian Stevenson
                checkout this pic
                Haha, I have taken a picture of the same display! Yes it is not identical, but far better than common reproductions.
                Would it be likely that such a small unit had its insignia made by various manufacturers?

                Cheers, Luc

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                  #473
                  I can only say all the ones in the hands of the Vets are identical to the ones in the museum photo.

                  Cheers, Ade.

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                    #474
                    Well, in that case I'm pretty sure they are not ok.
                    It seems someone has taken such reproductions seriously!

                    Cheers, Luc

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                      #475
                      Winning bid 970GBP , it seems some people disagreed Ade!

                      Cheers, Luc

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                        #476
                        Hello guys,

                        I'd been following this group for a week and waking up in hot sweats every night thinking about it!

                        Of course, the group could have been put together and the naming on the medals did worry me, but the pair of "Parachute XXI" shoulder titles and the qualification wings were fine original wartime examples!! Now I don't know what you lot think but I hardly think anyone would bother putting a group together for the sake of adding hardly anything to what are already very rare and expensive bits of cloth.

                        I took my bid, which I thought would be enough to get these items but it seems someone wanted them even more! Looks like I've missed an opportunity to own a nice group! I am gutted to say the least!

                        Thanks, from Jack.

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                          #477
                          Hi Jack,
                          Yes I saw you were one of the bidders. Shame you didn't win, but that's ebay!

                          The titles look fine, better than any reproduction I have seen sofar but I have to agree with Ade they differ from the ones at the Hartenstein museum. As I pointed out I think it is unlikely such a small unit would have had different manufacturers for these titles.
                          Let's agree to disagree.

                          Cheers, Luc

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                            #478
                            Hello Luc and Ade,

                            With all due respect for your knowledge, I simply couldn't disagree with you more on the authenticity of these badges.

                            Firstly, you have both quite correctly pointed out that it is very unlikely that these badges were made in the more than one place. This is something I don't dispute. However, the shoulder titles in the auction are identical to all original known examples including the ones on the BDs in the Hartenstein, as I will prove. In addition to this, whether the shoulder title manufactured was "Parachute 3", "Parachute XXI" or even just "Parachute" the exact same style of lettering was used, as I will also prove.

                            I have some close up pics of the badges in the auction in my email account but it won't let me access them for some reason! (Bloody typical )

                            First pics up are my best attempts at enhancing the images in the auction.
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                              #479
                              The wings.
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                                #480
                                My own "Parachute".
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