Hi Pete,
God, you have a good outlook on these! And stating: "I suspect this might be another reason someone is bringing these Navy toggles to the marketplace...", is giving the benifet of doubt to say the least. Just to help a few souls to have a navy, huh? What are these guys, angels?
These rear navy toggles are being made in Germany and are on e-bay right now. They are advertised as exact reproductions. They are going to be sold by the 100's to dealers or enhancers (being nice) and 95 out of 100 will end up being represented as being an original navy. One of the reasons they are being sold as just the toggle is these guys don't want to get into any trouble as being the fakers. You will find more fake navies than you care to in about 6 months.
You're free to buy what you want, so go for it. I don't want to hear how bad fakes are or how terrible it is that another would be collector got taken from anyone who is supporting this type of stuff. It is going to totally ruin our hobby and will make a real navy so expense that only a very few of the very rich will be able to afford them and the new collectors will be so disgruntle that they won't bother to even consider a navy in the future.
Just my opinion and I'm probably wrong about it. -- Bill
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