mcfc1923 Posted 15 August , 2004 Share Posted 15 August , 2004 been offered a selection of cap badges and i'm 90% sure they are all 100%, but not sure how much i should offer. if anyone could give me an idea of the price range would be grateful. East Lancs Regt, 1st volunteer Battn 9th Lancers (brass) Manchester Reg 14th Kings Hussars MGB (RND) Machine gun corps (brass) many thanks mcfc1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 15 August , 2004 Share Posted 15 August , 2004 mcfc1923, For the "commoner" badges such as the Lancers, the Hussars, the Manchesters and the MGC, I'd say between £6 and £15 each for them (well, that's what I'd pay anyway!). The RND badge - no idea on price if it's genuine. Now, the East Lancs volunteer badge - can you get me a photo? There's been several of these at auctions recently, and some of them are just altered standard (original) badges. If this one is "right", I'd be more than happy to pay you £60+ for it ,if you can get it for such a low price, as it's one of my "needs" list (it's probably valued at about £60 to £100, depending on condition etc.). Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfc1923 Posted 16 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2004 Dave will get some more info off him tomorrow, price , photo etc, but something tells me that it's gonna be a standard badge. how do they alter the standard badge to make em look like the volunteer? cheers Dave mcfc1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribobs Posted 16 August , 2004 Share Posted 16 August , 2004 the RND badges are well copied and the better ones go for £5 -£10 originals for £45 -£65 ( a lot were made by gaunt and are stamped) Manchester to Manchester VB, the commonest and poorest way is to add a plague under or on top of the city motto, not unlike the badge on ebay ( have a look at ebay item 2262390405 and wonder why it's not been snapped up) more realistic method is to insert the plaque between the motto and MANCHESTER, stretching the Manchester around it, poor fakes will leave the 'scroll/leaves whatever under the ET, better ones remove it, but the residue can often be seen. if you have a look at my site, check manreg 6, compare the badges on the left, the 5th VB is suspect, see the two above and the 6th below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribobs Posted 16 August , 2004 Share Posted 16 August , 2004 opps just re read your post the RND MGC were created from standard MGC badge adapted in the RND workshops, generally cheaper than the 6 RND batt badges - say around £20 ( which is what I paid for mine) chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 16 August , 2004 Share Posted 16 August , 2004 how do they alter the standard badge to make em look like the volunteer? mcfc1923, To alter it on the ELR badge, similar (but easier to do) to how Chris describes the alterations on a Manc Volunteer fake, an extra "1st Vol.Bn" scroll is added under the "East Lancashire" scroll. What a lot tend to forget to do though, is to "blank the tablet". The easiest givaway is a Vol.Bn badge that has a slider at the back. These were rare. The vast majority were lugged (wheras the commoner ELR badge had sliders in the majority of cases). Post a picture if you can, and I'll give you my (and an ELR cap-badge specialist mate of mine's (my ELR "guru's") ) opinion on it. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfc1923 Posted 18 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 18 August , 2004 just want to thank everyone for the invaluble info received and will post photo of the East Lancs badge which should be in a couple of hours. once again many thanks mcfc1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfc1923 Posted 19 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 19 August , 2004 [ Post a picture if you can, and I'll give you my (and an ELR cap-badge specialist mate of mine's (my ELR "guru's") ) opinion on it. Dave. Dave can't seem to get the picture of the East Lancs badge to download to the forum, could send em to your email address if that's okay. regards mcfc1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 19 August , 2004 Share Posted 19 August , 2004 That's no problem. I'll PM you my email address. dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribobs Posted 19 August , 2004 Share Posted 19 August , 2004 MCFC can you send a pic to me as well i've not seen one and am interested (will pm email) chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfc1923 Posted 19 August , 2004 Author Share Posted 19 August , 2004 MCFC can you send a pic to me as well i've not seen one and am interested (will pm email) chris no problem Chris, just need your email. mcfc1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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