MG Armbadge.

[Frosch]

Repro on MilWeb

Hi,

There is a repro on offer at MilWeb at the moment at http://www.militariaweb.com/d/lot.cfm?lotID=3016410

I'll add this to the permanent thread on Imperial fakes and repros.

I've looked for, but not found the previous threads or images of this copy. Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?

/David

[Brian S]

Good job David, here's the badge COPY/FAKE.

[Brian S]

back of FAKE/COPYnot a bad job...

Someone made a really intelligent comment that fakes may in fact teach us something about the real badge. This fake is similar to the top one I posted but NOT the same. I am still not sure on the top one, but this fake makes me wonder.

[Paul B]

David and Brian

Thanks for tracking this one down and posting the photos. It's above and beyond the repros I encountered in London a few years back.....kind of frightening, really

On a happier note, another 1917 dated photo of a group of soldiers wearing this badge:

[Paul B]

Close-up:

[Brian S]

Good work Paul, keep 'em coming! A badge on the arm is better than three in the hand.

[Paul B]

....unless, of course, it's your hand and the three badges in it are all originals...

[Brian S]

Was that the best closeup of any of the badges? I can't see the rear sight on that one.

[Brian S]

Here's one from a guy we all know;