Fantasy badge or copy of real badge

[Semovente]

This is shown in the book ' Nel Mondo Delle Riproduzioni ' by Francesco Tavoletti !...showing both front & rear veiws of repro Italian badges etc from WW2 !..so it seems someone is faking your badge !?...

[D. Ricks]

Thank you Semovente for sharing that and photos.

[John T]

RSI badges are some of the most popular of WW2 to knowledgeable collectors and some of the most reproduced for years now, do a search on the web and you will find old copies, new copies, and then you will find pieces that were made for vets that were not made during the war that have different designs, it is worse sometimes than German items, but to have original items from the short time span of the Republic is rewarding.

[Yubari]

Always difficult to say wheter original or not but there were generally thousands of various pins and badges and many not even documented as they were sold or given by local bunds.