Stokes Rising Sun badge die.
Due to family reasons I've been off the radar for some time. Now getting back into my Rising Suns. Stokes recently closed business in Ringwood (Melbourne) & moved their badge making to Sydney. A large number of dies were thrown into a rubbish skip. An enterprising rubbish collector spotted them & purchased the lot. They are now appearing at markets, on eBay & at auctions. Stokes have been out of military badge striking for several years & just concentrate on designing club lapel badges that they have manufactured in Taiwan. I contracted them to make an Expert's badge for the Victoria Police Fingerprint Branch. They modified my design & sent it to Taiwan.
In the 1970's I was fortunate in visiting their earlier factory. Very Victorian atmosphere. Shelves groaning with dusty old dies. Sadly no samples were given out.
Salty Melbourne Australia
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