Opinions needed on 2 party badges

[Ken1967]

I ended up with two party badges in a collection of accoutrements I picked up recently. Would someone take a look at this and let me know if you feel they are originals?

Thanks in advance!

Ken




Badge #1

[Ken1967]

Badge #2

[rlimike]

Opinions needed on 2 party badges

I read that M1/129 was a bad makers mark and I think these 2 badges have that coffin shaped pin plate which would make these bad.I could be wrong as I do not collect these badges.

Mike

[Ken1967]

Thanks Mike. I don't know anything about these badges either...Hopefully someone will give us a definitive answer.

[Silesien]

The definitive answer is that, they are fakes. Shown in color in the Reddick Militaria repros catalog, same incorrect maker markings, same stupid pin plate set-up.

[Ken1967]

Thanks for the feedback! I thought the "M" looked like a McDonald's logo...but w/o any experience in that area it was just a guess.

[rlimike]

Opinions needed on 2 party badges

You are right on .... that M does look like the golden arches at Mickey-D's

Mike

[pcord74]

both 100% fake

[Woolgar]

Classic 'McDonalds' fakes with poor pin plates

Nick

[sjl]

Maker "M1/129" never made party badges or anything else as far as has been discovered. Common fakes.

[sgstandard]

Pins

Ans such STUPID forgers they were. After all the trouble to make such an item, they make a receptacle area that is round, and then put a pin on there that's not only the wrong shape, but doesn't even fit within the receptacle.

[all1knew]

Ans such STUPID forgers they were. After all the trouble to make such an item, they make a receptacle area that is round, and then put a pin on there that's not only the wrong shape, but doesn't even fit within the receptacle.

they've tried it again, but corrected this obvious mistake.

William Kramer

[sjl]

They now also make a variety of fake party pins with more convincing round pinplates, but still use the M1/129, as well as M1/128, M1/4 and M1/78