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Badges for sale UK military museums
In 1987 I visited the RAC museum at Bovington and purchased 1 each of the a/a hatbadges they had on sale. Do you think they will be OK?
In 1988 my brother went to a military surplus store at Aldershot and purchased one each of every a/a hatbadge. I can't remember the name of the shop. Any views as to whether those badges would be legit? Regards Keith |
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Hi Keith,
We used to buy our leather banded berets in "Victors" in Aldershot which is now long gone. Also in Alderhot was Henry Dubora's which I believe is still there. The chances are that the badges they supplied were bought directly from the manufacturers that supplied the army though a check of the maker marks would confirm this one way or another. As far as museum badges go, These I think are in the main made as repros and from my experience aren't anything like the originals in many cases, being aimed at the souvenir market. Regards Ry |
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I have bought the a/a badges from the RAC Museum - 1984. They do not have makers' marks on the sliders.
Phil |
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A/a badges
The shop at Aldershot was Henry Dubora and all the badges from his shop are marked as follows:
J.R. Gaunt London J.R. Gaunt B'HAM Firmin. London TKS London Badge and Button Co Ltd The badges from RAC Museum Bovington are made by: Firmin. London J.R. Gaunt B'HAM ?? Dowler Dowler Birmingham Am I in the clear? Regards Keith |
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The old a/a badges from Bovington museum are totally induishtingable from the issued badges being made by the same firms. I do not remember any having blank sliders.
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I bought most of my 'new' badges in the 70s and 80s from Du Bora's and have no problem with them. For some reason, I had to wait a very long time for a Royal Scots badge to appear in stock.
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