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The below ARP Malta badge was recently sent to me and the owner was pretty sure it was a fake. My gut reaction was to agree with them going by the look of the front casting and the rear. The spate of reproduction/fake ARP badges we saw a few years ago use a specific type of modern pin and catch but the one here does use a more original-looking pin (the catch is missing). I contacted a re-enactor in Malta with an interest in the island's wartime Civil Defence. She told me that silver-hallmarked badges were available, some island-made examples were also made, possibly in the dockyards. These were simple sand cast examples. An original badge would be pressed into the sand and cast with available metals. The rear would be quite plain and smoothed off. Whether this would also create the striations seen below is currently unknown. An original silver Maltese ARP badge was previously posted on this blog.  ARP Malta Badge  Original Malta ARP badge made on the island
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Using the old gimmick of putting a fake item together with an original to create some sort of provenance, one of the usual shysters on eBay is currently hawking this tat--a fake Scout ARP armband with a real, but grotty, leather scout belt. The armband has previously been for sale on the tat bazaar but buyers appear to have twigged it was a copy. Alas, a number are falling for the job lot sale. Update: someone wasted nearly £290 on this garbage...  Fake Scout ARP Armband Thought to have first appeared at one of the military shows a few years ago, these fake ARP London Transport have been doing the rounds since. They crop up from time to time on the usual online auction sites (like the below example) and also as items at auction houses. They are a fantasy item.  Fake WW2 ARP London Transport Badge Not seen for a few years but now back like the proverbial bad penny is this fantasy AVRO battledress. We've seen fake AVRO insignia many times before. Being hawked by a well-known shyster of militaria, the jacket is even post-war (it's has had the WD number messed with) and also had some spurious maker's mark daubed inside (they were always on white labels). The badges are utter fantasy as well. Hopefully, people may look to research the BD and learn it is complete garbage before wasting their hard-earned on it.  Fake AVRO Lancaster Factory ARP Battledress
A good chance to compare two District / Divisional Wardens' helmets on eBay; an original helmet (priced at £65 buy it now) v a fake helmet (from the Stansted Shyster at £175. Always good to know who the utter tosspots on eBay are, and to avoid them like the plague they are.
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