Garry, in this case with the first badge, it is opaque enamel no doubt, but there are occasions when the enamel can take on an "opaque" look due to a certain reason, thats not the case here though, at least i dont think so.
I suppose we find many "different" or slightly different design on badges like the swastika on these two, because the same applies to the RZM numbers and marks on badges at this time, individual interpretation, depending on what the die cutter or designer was "looking" at in order to get the design, i.e: a newspaper picture, a catalog picture from another maker?? just like the HJ badge pictured in the Richter catalog with 15 sun rays... and this one with 23.. there are more as well, 20,21 etc.... its also a good indication of why the RZM and from 1941 with medals the LDO was necessary, to uniform designs... getting everyone looking the same, wearing the same stuff. You only have to go back to the 1932 HJ photo i showed a while ago to see what they looked like around this time... the same dates that these HJ badges would have been made.... as much as it was "each lad for himself" it was each maker for himself. Sadly though many oddities gat a thumbs down because people try and compare apples to oranges.
I am all for debates on fake vs Original, but we really need to start these based on history and not a comparison of images found on the www.
The plus side, you can find oddities on sites that sit there for ages and are cheap simply because the community is scared, and wants a "textbook" original instead
:swissbtw. pm coming.....