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Old 15-12-13, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by KLR View Post
A year or so ago I spent a few hours in Birmingham Central Library going through Gaunt archives. They had always had their factory in B'ham but an office in London - for prestige. Circumstances caused them to finally abandon the London office in 1964 (or 5, I can't get at my notes at the mo). I believe that this was reflected in what was marked on their badges. As corroboration, Chris gave the date of 1964 in his AA book though I wasn't aware that metal badges were treated any differently.
Julian,
They should not have been producing metal badges in quantity c.1964, as anodised were introduced some 10 years earlier?

Andy
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