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Old 26-09-17, 12:47 PM
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I have a white gorget patch to RMA Sandhurst and I have a query concerning the surface of the patch as a white paint or paste has been applied over it. Is it perhaps normal for the white fabric (which may have lost its whiteness) to be subject to a form of blancoing? I would think not but I have such an item.

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About half-way through my time at RMA Sandhurst (1961-1963) we changed from blancoed gorget patches to white plastic covered ones. It was, I recall, a gradual change, not an instant overnight one. Mike
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