08-18-2010, 10:53 PM
The book does not cover the Kim badges because they are not awards.
In fact, adults in the DPRK are required to wear them.
So, with literally millions of them having been produced (and, one would think, continuing to be produced) I'm really not certain how you can say that any are "fakes" and any are "real".
I have seen the type that you show on Ebay constantly, and apparently originating in China. Does that mean they are "fakes"? There seems to be so little interest in DPRK material that I wondered why the sellers kept offering these Kim badges. I just concluded that the manufacturers in China were actually making them for the DPRK itself, and selling off some of the extras on Ebay.
I may be completely wrong, but otherwise it just seems to make no sense for a workshop in China to crank them out when they could be making something that was in higher demand.
In fact, adults in the DPRK are required to wear them.
So, with literally millions of them having been produced (and, one would think, continuing to be produced) I'm really not certain how you can say that any are "fakes" and any are "real".
I have seen the type that you show on Ebay constantly, and apparently originating in China. Does that mean they are "fakes"? There seems to be so little interest in DPRK material that I wondered why the sellers kept offering these Kim badges. I just concluded that the manufacturers in China were actually making them for the DPRK itself, and selling off some of the extras on Ebay.
I may be completely wrong, but otherwise it just seems to make no sense for a workshop in China to crank them out when they could be making something that was in higher demand.
