Hi Silverwash,
This always has been a bit of a mystery. I do collect only ww2 SAS but I am always told by fellow SAS collectors that the different more fierce colour was worn during the Malayan era. I can ask my fellow collectors for more info. If these were produced post war based on the war time example or “left over stocks of ww2 is not clear. I have a mintbadge with provenance to Belgian ww2SAS and it has the lighter shade.
I am sure Johan Wiegman can add more on this.
Cheers
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Originally Posted by silverwash
just to open up the discussion, WHY is this pattern thought to be of the Malayan period ? is there evidence to support the theory ? assuming these badges were made by various cottage industries during WW2 is it not fair to say that collective idiosyncrasy crept in. my musings that's all.
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