I just saw a photo that showed a badge at different blurs. It does change how gaps and thickness appear. I know it isn't the same as the one I am asking about (above) but it shows how it alters the appearance. It is still possible to make some things out though. Eg when the member Egorka brought my great granddad's badge up really close I could see that it wasn't smooth round but seems to have something uniform at the top at least...e.g. maybe leaves around the edge or rope ...something with pattern. Not sure if that goes all the way round but the edge does seem to be bumpy. I can see what looks like a small chain looping at the bottom of it but not a clan badge bottom piece so I don't think it can be that type of badge. If we could work out what badge he is wearing I may be able to find out which Harry Fraser he is and what happened to him. I kind of don't want him to have died with no one to care. No one is researching him other than me, because if they were their research would also bring up my great grandmother and no one else's family trees are. I have tried setting up different trees to attack it from different angles but never does his name bring up anything other than having married Martha Hilda Woods, my great grandmother. I only found out about my relatives on my mum's side in 1999 which was just a little too late to ask questions. So I am having to work really hard at finding out.
Anyway..here is the photo of a different badge at different stages of blur. It isn't the one we want but it just shows that blurring is making a difference to be aware of....(please remember this is not a picture of my great granddad's badge...just an example of the effect of blurring.) x