By Marc Nicol, Defence Editor For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 01:56 BST, 5 May 2019 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 5 May 2019
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An online trader is selling imitation poppy products on Facebook and marketing them with false claims that profits are shared with a charity that supports veterans.
British Legacy sells a range of items that closely resemble official Remembrance memorabilia, including enamel brooches priced from £9.99 and T-shirts costing £13.99 that commemorate the sacrifice of soldiers killed in battle.
The site says £1 from every T-shirt will be given to the Royal British Legion. However, last night the charity confirmed it has received no such donations and is taking legal action to protect its copyright of Red Poppy designs.
British Legacy sells a range of items that closely resemble official Remembrance memorabilia, including enamel brooches priced from £9.99 and T-shirts costing £13.99
The registered owner is Montreal businessman Edson Polynice, who posted a photograph of himself standing in front of Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast in 2013
Customers have also complained of being misled into thinking that
