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Old 09-03-17, 09:17 AM
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Not sure if this is the right place for this but it fits into the general theme and is a nice photo. No idea of the location but there appears to be a date towards the bottom of the banner -1916 or 1918.

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It's a super picture. Thank you for sharing it, Steve.
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Old 15-09-17, 06:43 AM
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I found this among my dads things yesterday, appears to be nickel plated as there's brass showing through on the bottom left corner.
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Fascinating thread.

What's the highest number anyone has seen on the reverse?

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White-metal? I've only ever seen these in brass. Any chance of some photos of your badges, at all?

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Hi JT

Just going over old posts (what else to do when you've finished work...). I have an enameled 1916 badge but can't recall if I posted a pic or not.

I'm fairly sure that at least one of my 1916 badges is white metal as it looks as if it has been "tested" on the edge with a file and it is....not brass.

There seem to be far fewer plated 1916 badges than brass examples so they must have had at least some status/ function.

Whether we'll ever know what it is/ was is very much open to question.
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What's the highest number anyone has seen on the reverse?

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Hi Rob

I'll check. 47***** is certainly getting up there!
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