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**Lorenzo Brown** · 04-13-2005, 12:37 AM

This is the first and only FCL Minesweeper I have seen. It's a nicely made badge...but it does have a "machined" appearance. The "shear" marks do not look authentic to me. They are too random, rather than straight up-and-down as would be caused by the cookie-cutter effect of a true shearing process. These almost appear like sanding marks.

I am leaning towards high-quality fake...but am open to more opinions.

**skip** · 04-13-2005, 12:55 AM

If its die cast there would be no shear marks.

Like Ed, the more I look at it the more suspicious I become.

Skip

**entasis** · 04-13-2005, 03:03 AM

hi-rez scans

I tried scanning the sides of the badge and got somewhat better results. Below are links to each photo which are displayed as one image below:

<-Bottom 574k-> <-Left 987k-> <-Right 478k->

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FCL-sides L.jpg (112.2 KB, 90 views)

**emaroli** · 04-13-2005, 07:39 AM

Tony, Breakage is a mark about half way down the sides of a sheared piece of metal. The tool and die only cuts 1/2 of the metal the rest breaks off. The shear marks will still continue all the way down the sides though.
~Ed

**Infansammler** · 04-15-2005, 06:59 AM

hello ,
self hold this piece at a modern collectersproduction. there is clear differences close by Makersstamp , in addition see it after a casting at very fine material outfield.

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