1915 OWS modified
 

Just acquired this 1915 badge. OK, nothing special here, despite the fact that many hopeful sellers like to talk these up as "a rare badge"....;)

What caught my eye was the rather brutal way it had been renumbered with the original letter and issue number ground off.:eek:

As a D.G. Collins badge what might the original letter have been?

D.G. Collins made 'P' and 'U' series badges .

'Ticker' suggested that 'J' series (reissued) badges came after the 'Z' series , as to whether they are "rare badges" depends on how many there were.

The other 'series' each consisted of 99,999 badges but so far the highest number I've seen on a 'J' series badge was 31,176 , so they could be described as the 'rarest' series.

Here is a badge that has been brutalised ! :eek: It's on eBay described as “Collectable Condition”


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Hi Mike

I knew I could count on you for an answer!

I think the appellation "rare" gets bandied about by anyone who hopes that the potential buyer will be snared by this!

We have a local trader who describes everything on his site as either "awesome" or "stunning". I'm told that he is called "Mr. Awesome" by some and it's not meant as a compliment...

Yep, you win in the "beat-up badge" stakes, although there was one 1915 badge that had clearly been a detector find with half the crown eroded and much of the detail gone from the front.

Still available I think...:)