So my limited knowledge tells me a transition badge drum shouldn't have a white interior, and the re-rings were larger back then. But if the wrap goes into the plys of the shell it is probably is a later Ludwig shell, isn't it? I'm not sure whether other companies did the same thing with putting the wrap on before curving the wood into a circle. And I don't know that anybody would make shells that way now, just to look like old ones -- and then use the inappropriate color for the wrap!

If it is a later shell, does the color fit the range of available Ludwig colors? In that case it might be just a case of somebody putting on a transition badge and a date stamp (which isn't hard) on say a 1963-1967 shell.

What about the hardware? Does the butt say WFL or Ludwig?

Any chance of some pics?

On a side note, if something like this is constructed from all Ludwig parts (but from different periods) I'm more likely to call it an "assemblage of parts" rather than a "fake". Others prefer the term Frankensnare, and I'm sure there are plenty of other terms in use.