Hello Mathew, sorry for the late response but I am something of a newbie when it comes to forums and I had thought that no one had replied. He said that the back of the badge was shiny and that that indicates a fake along with it having the wrong pin and it being badly soldered. All of which I thought was complete nonsense but what with this chap owning a site and claiming to have 50 years in the business, it sort of got into my head. Whatever he thought at the time, I am now quite happy to stick with my guns and consider it an original. He had bought it of me originally so perhaps it was buyers regret, I don’t know?