Hi lovat,
It has occurred to me whether this badge was really an officer badge?!?
As such private purchase from Tiptaft.
Would badges really be issued to labourers?
I can see officers of some of these units would want a badge for there uniform.
My great grandfather served in the RE on the light railways and the photos of him and others at their daily work near the front wearing work fatigues, no badges at all.
So would native labourers really be badged?
Lovat, there is a thread about these early Tiptaft disks on Cef badges.
Do you have others with this disk?
All the best Dan
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