Poland Polish Air Force Parachute Instructor Badge

[rakkasan]

Here is an Air Force Parachute Instructor III° class badge I purchased recently. However, a closer inspection after comparing it to the other AF instructor badge I have has raised a few doubts. It's about 1/2 mm shorter in both length and width, the blue shading under the canopy is really splotchy and coarse and the eagle lacks some of the detail present in the other. I didn't photograph the nut but it's the usual plastic "Mennica Państwowa". I realize I'm probably being overly paranoid, but I haven't seen many graded AF instructor badges to be able to compare well. Were there differences between the regular instructor badges and those graded? Could this be a later casting than the other. Does this look legitimate?

[achern]

You'll need to post a much bigger picture for us to see the differences. I have four variants of this badge, with "6000", engraved M, bar M, and nothing in the wreath. All of them have splotches just under the canopy, but my splotches are all finer than yours. Also, the blue enamel between the riser lines should be nearly flush with the surface, not sunken.

Alf

[rogersunday]

Hello

It's modern copy/fake

Greetings

Rafal