The Truth About Fake Military Badges on eBay

Before you bid on a military cap badge offered forAny Corps badges about £5 to.. £8
sale on eBay, here are a few tips which could helppounds.
stop you ending up with an expensive restrike orInfantry regiment badges.. £7 to £12
copy cap badge.pounds.
Check out the seller do they give the impression thatThe rarer Yeomanry badges..about £15 to
they know what they are talking about when it£20+ pounds.
comes to military badges. If so, then they shouldAnd the Cavalry Cap badges..£15 to
have a reasonable idea about the value and worth of£20+ pounds upwards. these are only the
the badges they are selling.average to minimum prices give or take a little.
To simplify the point this is a rough guide to whatAn Irish regiment especially the ones disbanded after
you should expect to pay:WW1, with the independence of the Irish Republic,
For restrike or copy British cap badges that can beare very rare so will be at a premium starting around
are readily found on the internet, (just do a search£20+ pounds. As will the regimental cap
for restrike badges). The prices for these cap badgesbadges created in the 1930's and then disbanded at
should range from £3 to £6 poundsthe end of world war 2.
depending on the regiment, era and how rare the capSo if you get the impression that the seller knows
badge.what they are selling, you should ask yourself why
Now below are the prices you should expect to payare they so keen to sell a 20+ pound cap badge for
for an original cap badge from a collector or militarypeanuts.
dealer who knows his stuff, should be: