6th Polish Armoured Regiment „Lvov Children” badge variant

[ArmiaPolska]

Hello, what do you think about the variant of 6 th Armoured regiment's badge in such production? Signed by Spink. Number on the reverse.
Regards

[andrzejku98]

Hello ArmiaPolska,

Many thanks for your post its made by J R Gaunt Ltd, Birmingham not Spink & Son Ltd, London.

Also in the Wojciechowski & Sawicki Book, the examples shown have only the Number on the top arm, so this might be a private purchase from J R Gaunt Ltd.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[ArmiaPolska]

Thank you, of course it is Gaunt. I thought about Gaunt, but I wrote Spink .
Have you ever seen a badge like this?
Best wishes
Jakub

[andrzejku98]

Hello Jakub,

Many thanks for your reply and in answer to your question No I have not seen a badge like this.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[prosty zolnierz]

I know of four original examples of the 6th Armoured Regiment commemorative badge. All exhibit the same characteristics. It thus begs the question that in view of the fact that the badge had a low production figure why would the same firm produce another die setup to make the same badge with different traits ? Given the rarity of this badge it could be a case of " let's muddy the waters " to catch out the unwary. Too many manufacturing anomalies for this variant to be " the real McCoy ".