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Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 02-10-19, 08:27 PM
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Posted By leigh kitchen
Years ago I read (possibly in a Crown Imperial)...

Years ago I read (possibly in a Crown Imperial) of a Royal Norfolk Regiment officer who as a prisoner of the Japanese wore a cap badge facing the wrong way - Britannia, carefully cut from a penny.
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 01-10-19, 06:31 PM
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Posted By leigh kitchen
At the moment it looks like these were produced...

At the moment it looks like these were produced as pairs of collar badges and at least one converted for wear as an OSD cap badge?
Presumably lugs would've been suitable for wear on a beret but...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 01-10-19, 05:04 PM
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Posted By leigh kitchen
I think it's unlikey to be a beret badge as it's...

I think it's unlikey to be a beret badge as it's facing the "wrong" way, and in OSD finish?
Doesn't Churchill show it as an image only in silver and gilt and facing the viewer's left?
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 01-10-19, 01:40 PM
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Posted By leigh kitchen
It appears as "unidentified" in "Churchill" as...

It appears as "unidentified" in "Churchill" as figure 530 in silver and gilt and is mentioned as also recorded in bronze.
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