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Forum: The Classifieds: Sales and Wanted Yesterday, 08:53 PM
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Posted By leigh kitchen
Good to have a supply of the old "United Nations"...

Good to have a supply of the old "United Nations" patches to wear instead of the "United Nations"/"Nations Unie" ones.
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification Yesterday, 05:47 PM
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Views: 169
Posted By leigh kitchen
A quick check on Google shows them as Boy Scout /...

A quick check on Google shows them as Boy Scout / Girl Guide insignia.
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification Yesterday, 05:30 PM
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Posted By leigh kitchen
Possibly Boy Scouts? Or Italian, Polish.......?

Possibly Boy Scouts? Or Italian, Polish.......?
Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies Yesterday, 03:30 PM
Replies: 5
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Posted By leigh kitchen
It's possible that the badge can be attributed to...

It's possible that the badge can be attributed to a particular manufacturer or country of manufacture by its construction.
Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies Yesterday, 02:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 86
Posted By leigh kitchen
Polish, WWII, worn on the black beret by armoured...

Polish, WWII, worn on the black beret by armoured troops (can't remember the details).
Forum: General Topics. 14-04-24, 09:57 AM
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Posted By leigh kitchen
A nice item.

A nice item.
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-04-24, 06:55 PM
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Posted By leigh kitchen
I'm thinking UK Boy Scouts, early 1900's, simply...

I'm thinking UK Boy Scouts, early 1900's, simply from seeing similar badges identified as such by dealers like Sally Bosley online.
Forum: Military Buttons 13-04-24, 06:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 86
Posted By leigh kitchen
Thank you for that info.

Thank you for that info.
Forum: Military Buttons 13-04-24, 06:02 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 86
Posted By leigh kitchen
Will do.....

Will do.....
Forum: Military Buttons 13-04-24, 05:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 86
Posted By leigh kitchen
Thanks, had a googling on them, looks like they...

Thanks, had a googling on them, looks like they deal in real estate.
Forum: Military Buttons 13-04-24, 04:42 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 86
Posted By leigh kitchen
STARLINE, STARLING, S BARTIN? I Tried Googling...

STARLINE, STARLING, S BARTIN? I Tried Googling Spartan Buttons Birminham but that just got a gay sauna and a tattoos and piercings parlour.......
Forum: Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 13-04-24, 01:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 107
Posted By leigh kitchen
The serial numbers on your two badges arent the...

The serial numbers on your two badges arent the same.
One of the oval ones is offered for sale on Sally Bosley's website:

WW2 Royal Air Force war workers numbered identification badge
A scarce...
Forum: Military Buttons 13-04-24, 12:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 86
Posted By leigh kitchen
RAF Cap Button "STARTIN BIRMINGHAM"?

A 14mm King's Crown RAF button, can anyone make out the back mark please?
I read it as "STARTIN BIRMINGHAM", "STAR TIN BIRMINGHAM" or similar.
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-04-24, 10:04 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 193
Posted By leigh kitchen
From above book: As instructed by ACI 1118...

From above book:

As instructed by ACI 1118 these Corps adopted uniform signs. Most units serving with I Corps wore the white spearhead authorised in the Corps' vehicles in 1939 on a red cloth...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-04-24, 08:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 193
Posted By leigh kitchen
From "Badges on Battledress" by Jon Mills (which...

From "Badges on Battledress" by Jon Mills (which shows an illustration of a woven version of the badge):

"By 1950 BAOR was obtaining woven formation signs 'locally from German manufacturers at a...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-04-24, 08:26 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 202
Posted By leigh kitchen
The sort of thing that would be plated and...

The sort of thing that would be plated and applied to bit of Mess silver or a presentation piece such as a table top cigarette lighter?
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-04-24, 07:52 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 193
Posted By leigh kitchen
I think 1st Signal Bde is a current version of...

I think 1st Signal Bde is a current version of the old 1 Corps R Sigs badge, may wrong, time to stop I thinking and get to the books.
Forum: The Classifieds: Sales and Wanted 11-04-24, 10:05 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 166
Posted By leigh kitchen
The grassed and the smooth ground beneath the gun...

The grassed and the smooth ground beneath the gun versions?
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-04-24, 07:49 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 193
Posted By leigh kitchen
1 Corps Royal Sigs I think.....

1 Corps Royal Sigs I think.....
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-04-24, 07:39 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 163
Posted By leigh kitchen
A KGVI version of the KGV badge shown here?: ...

A KGVI version of the KGV badge shown here?:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62445
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-04-24, 03:00 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 136
Posted By leigh kitchen
An interesting set of German Navy buttons at the...

An interesting set of German Navy buttons at the Imperial War Museum - JR Gaunt counterfeits, as used during WWII by MI9 and SOE.

"Buttons, German, Germany Navy (British Counterfeits)"
...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-04-24, 01:15 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 224
Posted By leigh kitchen
On second thoughts the "M" was originally...

On second thoughts the "M" was originally blackened brass?

I don't have a "M", only a "T":
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-04-24, 01:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 224
Posted By leigh kitchen
Dress Regs 1902 has this, but the image in post...

Dress Regs 1902 has this, but the image in post no. 1 has the rank stars in blackened white metal and the "M" in brass or gilded rather than blackened white metal?
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-04-24, 08:40 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 136
Posted By leigh kitchen
Thanks you, I wasn't familiar with that use of...

Thanks you, I wasn't familiar with that use of the crossed swords.
I had wondered if the buttons could have been made between the wars in England using German dies shipped over at the end of WWI (as...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-04-24, 07:58 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 136
Posted By leigh kitchen
German Navy Button "MADE IN ENGLAND"?

To me, this button design is that of the German Navy.
The manufacturer's mark is "SWORD MAKE X MADE IN ENGLAND" (the "X" being a crossed swords symbol as per the "BUTTONS LTD BHAM" one).
Is the...
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