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Old 08-05-17, 08:20 AM
Anodisedbob Anodisedbob is offline
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Default RAOC a/a

Brilliant find, well done





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Originally Posted by Alan O View Post
Here it is.

The first ever issued a/a cap badge to be introduced by the British Army in 1947.

A short lived trial as they were prone to breaking and this one has only one lug left.

I have been waiting for it to arrive for a couple of weeks to confirm that it was indeed anodised aluminium and not anodised base metal. It is indeed a/a and whilst not unique, the location of another one is not known to my knowledge. See page 4&5 of Chris' excellent book which states that one was last reported to have been seen in 1983.

Alan
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