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Tanker Mike

25-09-17 07:18 PM

Canadian Made WW1 RFC cap badge and RCNAS cap badge

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Some recent finds, a very nice Canadian made RFC cap badge made by Roden Bros dated 1917. And an other ranks Royal Canadian Naval Air Service cap badge without makers mark.

Thanks Bill

Mike

Tanker Mike

06-02-18 11:17 PM

Another RFC badge

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Here is another RFC made by Roden Bros. Toronto cap badge, has some type of painted wash to the letters RFC. Anyone seen this before?

Mike

Tanker Mike

12-02-19 07:43 PM

Bump

Frank Kelley

13-02-19 08:41 AM

They were normally finished in bronze or simply the base metal that they had been die struck from, just from the photograph you show of the obverse, I would say that example has been deliberately altered at some point during it's life, notwithstanding, still a good and original badge.

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Originally Posted by Tanker Mike (Post 435119)

Here is another RFC made by Roden Bros. Toronto cap badge, has some type of painted wash to the letters RFC. Anyone seen this before?

Mike

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