Hi guys, there is no could be, it`s a genuine badge made by BECO, maybe around 1931-1932, that ties in with other BECO badges made in a similar "horrible" fashion. i bought the badge to study a certain attribute, the "horrible" stippling or bubbles under the red enamel.
At the moment, i am focusing on the background patterns under the visible enamel, or the "bubbles". It is very obvious what the standard patterns look like under magnification - pertaining to the tooling used to create the actual pattern - in relationship to the time periods they were made. (and what standard tooling was being used in Germany then - as well as how the dies "usually" had the pattern added after the working die was reduced - or hubbed ) It would not be fair to just study good, "normal" patterns, and compare them to bad fake badges. Fakes are often cheap items made in a horrible way, so it stands to reason that many patterns found on fakes will not look the same as original, so i need a few "horrible" original badges - just to see exactly what they look like like under magnification - and to see if any connection can be made between pre-war German working die tooling, compared to post war tooling. As well as tooling i also mean the actual way in which the working dies had the patterns added, even the patterns that we cant see under the opaque enamel. Sure they will not always be the same, Germany was huge with many different tool makers, die makers and workers who would have scored/marked the working dies before they could be used. I am reasonably comfortable though, that the results of a study like this, will prove fruitful. After all, German Third Reich manufactures were not working the same, using the same tooling, as Americans or English, or Japanese etc etc.... i am sure you get where i am going.
So this badge had to suffer, it`s broken now, cost me almost €100.- as well, but a necessary step. A few images of what i am on about, as well as a few of the lovely micro-patina on the front
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