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Old 01-04-16, 09:39 PM
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Always a sucker for a good story, I purchased the attached 9th Australian Division badge from an eBay dealer who claimed he removed it from a scarf that had all the Italian theater signs. He displayed photos of the scarf. Opinions, anyone?
These are fantasy patches based on the division formation sign. Have a read of Keith's post about them. Australians never wore a divisional formation patch on their uniforms during the war.

They started popping up for sale in the 1980s.

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