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WW1 MINE CLEARANCE BADGES


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a piece of advice for fledgling militaria collectors
and how to tell the difference between original and fake badges,
using your eyes at first ,
but even those can be deceived
if you look for known examples of fakes , and I will use a ww1 naval mine clearance badge as an example ,...
the first pic shows a fake as denoted by the faint split lines running from ,
the bottom of the mine diagonally,
through to the top left of the mine(yellow arrows)
this happened when the original die was broken in half ,
when they finished the original run,
some one has glued them back together and made fakes from it,
the second is one that looks genuine ,
the 3rd one is a close up of the second badge, and as you can see quite clearly, the faint split lines in the original die showing in the copy,
this was found using a digital microscope that plugs into a lap top,
the 4th is a genuine one ,
and the 5th 1 is another example this time with a backing plate,
they both look the same,
the 5th one is in a museum
so it pays to do your research and look out for unscrupulous people,
out to make a quick buck so to speak...........................

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Thanks for sharing this Peter, I knew the fake ones had the split line, but I did not realise this was because the original die was destroyed when the original run was finished.You learn something new everyday :thumbsup:

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Thanks for sharing this Peter, I knew the fake ones had the split line, but I did not realise this was because the original die was destroyed when the original run was finished.You learn something new everyday :thumbsup:

There I a happy P.S to this post,

the included photos show,

a genuine example

this one comes from an impeachable source ,

and is guaranteed genuine ,

it is free from the normal defects associated with dodgy ones ,

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