Proficiency Badge in Silver Authenticity

[fischereco2]

Hello,

Long time TR collector, but new to HJ items. Of course I committed the cardinal sin and bought something unfamiliar to me without doing any research, but I figured it was relatively safe because it was from a reputable dealer I've bought good items from for years. However, after discovering this forum and browsing around I stumbled upon a thread pointing out the similarities in badges with these wavy defaced serial numbers. Mine seems to fall into the same serial number range, same M 1/101 maker, etc. No good?

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[Midwest85]

Hello, newer collector here. I did the same and ended up with this hj badge with wavy lines crossing out the serial number. My badge appears to have a different number than yours, but I am also curious as to the authenticity. Hopefully someone else with more knowledge can shed some light on these crossed out badges?

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