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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 4370785, member: 20148&quot;]Whilst I agree with Frank_138 regarding the lack of incentive to fake these, that is in itself no reason not to be suspicious.&nbsp; I have even seen faked No.4 &#039;spike&#039; bayonets. Why when originals sell for as little as £20 $25, it surely wasn&#039;t worth the time and investment, especially with over 5 million being produced, they are not usually rare or especially valuable, but that didn&#039;t stop someone in China or India doing it. The tapered steel scabbards were difficult to produce back in WWII, leading to the adoption of an easier to produce tubular steel scabbard, but that didn&#039;t stop the fakers either, they copied the original scabbard including the markings!</p><p><br /></p><p>For what it is worth, the medal, judging of course solely on the photograph, looks to me to be genuine. But then again, I am not a medal guy.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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