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Old 04-06-13, 07:38 PM
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Question Warwickshire Regiment Atop "SS"?

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I'm sure I've seen a thread on here about these, but cannot seem to find it! Was it some form of Home Guard unit?

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Old 04-06-13, 07:42 PM
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Andy,

It is attributed to a Home Guard associated with Swallow Sidecars

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Old 04-06-13, 07:42 PM
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http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hlight=swallow

Spurious Swallow Sidecars.
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Old 04-06-13, 07:43 PM
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Andy there's an example of this badge in the MM section under Grove.
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Old 04-06-13, 07:54 PM
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Has someone ruined a perfectly good Sharpshooters shoulder title ? Perhaps not.

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Old 04-06-13, 08:01 PM
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Was that the one on Ebay recently. I thought about going for it, but I think I remembered there was debate on it's validity.

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Old 04-06-13, 08:02 PM
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Thanks Guys,
Spurious or not I'll be keeping this one?

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Old 04-06-13, 08:07 PM
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Seems the Company became quite famous post WW2 "See Here"

Now producing items like this

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Old 04-06-13, 08:11 PM
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There are also spurious Warwicks badges with additional letter M`s ( supposedly for Morris Motors ) discussed here:

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...=Morris+Motors

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Old 04-06-13, 08:16 PM
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Sadly the famous company that Swallow Sidecars became is now part of the Tata Group an Indian owned Company.

Can anyone remind me what is still manufactured in this country now by British firms ?

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You can blame the unions in the 60's for that.
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Old 04-06-13, 08:24 PM
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Well back to the badge posted at the start of the thread, I am quite happy with the construction and not something from "The Garden Shed" (not a dig at you Dave!) .

The badge and "SS" both look OK to me and probably many were simply relieved of their appendage (?) post H.G. to leave a standard Warwicks badge? Time to start looking for Warwicks badges with slightly longer sliders and the residue of braze to the lower edge of the base scroll! The one shown here appears to have seen very little use so perhaps it escaped the "Cull"?

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Old 04-06-13, 08:32 PM
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Talking Manufacturing . . !

Can anyone remind me what is still manufactured in this country now by British firms ?

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I think from what I keep seeing on my travels along with a lot of the items appearing on this forum, restrikes are part of the GDP.

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Old 04-06-13, 08:41 PM
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4th largest arms dealer in the world......
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Old 04-06-13, 08:47 PM
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and heading towards the smallest army........????

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