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Good morning. Looks like a loop is broken off the top at the head of the eagle? Probably designed to be worn on a chain I'd think. Curious as to others' opinions.

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Hi

Yes it is plastic. It came with a bunch of EGAs I picked-up yesterday at a flea market.

There were a few more of those plastic ones, but they were not blue. Just regular screw backs

Thanks guys

Tony

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Looking at the piece, it appears to be or almost certainly is a recast, from an original EGA; not an especially good quality recast, in that the overfill wasn't even filed off decently and the fine details from any original are pretty lousy.

 

I can see someone just giving something like that a try, for the heck of it. And, were I to be an EGA collector, I might probably want to have one of those just to have one!

 

And now, a true EGA collector is going to step forward and say, "Those were made by POWs in Singapore during the 1940s when bronze was scarce. Very rare item!" :D

 

Hi

Yes it is plastic. It came with a bunch of EGAs I picked-up yesterday at a flea market.

There were a few more of those plastic ones, but they were not blue. Just regular screw backs

Thanks guys

Tony

 

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It's not any known insignia pattern...I believe it to be a homefront piece, likely the broken part on top was a loop for suspension

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Good morning. Looks like a loop is broken off the top at the head of the eagle? Probably designed to be worn on a chain I'd think. Curious as to others' opinions.

 

Agree, quite obviously made for.... an unknown use?
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