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Old 17-01-17, 02:24 PM
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Default RN Cloth Badges with Stores Numbers

Can anyone tell me when the Royal Navy started to issue their badges and those of the Royal Marines with the stores reference number of the badge attached? I attach a couple of examples.

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Old 17-01-17, 02:48 PM
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Going by the Parachutists wings they are still using their own Vocab number only without the starting letters VO etc., the NSN for the badge is CB 8455-99-416-5631.
Not much help, sorry.

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Thought I'd refresh this post in the hope that someone can help.

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From looking through Kit Muster by Perryman the badges with numbers attached start to appear as images in the 1946-1953 chapter.
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Thank you. Looks like a useful book for those interested in the Royal Australian Navy.

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