Unusual Guards badge or outright fake?

[ade stevenson]

Hi Guys, I saw this today on E. Not something I am planning on buying.

What caught my eye was the underside of the banner. What is happening there? Is this a fringed banner badge that some one has altered? No pic of the reverse was shown in the auction which would have answered the question with ease.

Cheers, Ade

[Christophe]

Hi Ade,

For me that's the fringe. Some badges have it clearer and more defined than others.
But, I don't pretend being an expert, and will let the others talk with certainty... ;)

Cheers.

Ch.

[Jeffrey Meffert]

Background of the banner on the later badges have the loops as opposed to the the stippling or flat background of the wartime ones. I have a number of presumed wartime badges and there are a lot of little variations in thickness of borders and other fine details

[Lapa]

Ade,

I agree with Jeffrey on this one. I believe that this is a wartime "no fringe" badge.

Marc