Old Contemptibles Badges
Hi all
Here is a small selection of some Old Contemptibles badges that I dug out. The first four are the normal badge and are suffixed "A;B & C". Interestingly enough, the chromed badge that featured in an earlier pic has a "D" suffix.
The badge to the top left has traces of very old gilding remaining and I noticed that the badge bottom left has a few minor "die cracks" that I've not seen on other badges.
The other two photos display a novel approach to how to wear a badge when you can no longer get a suit with a buttonhole!
Also see the badge that I mentioned before that has no maker's mark, no association number and an unusual style of half moon clip.
I looked very carefully at the letters and numbers on this later (?) badge and think that it was a new die as the letters and numbers are just SLIGHTLY different (think coin variations).
They must have been a very "social" lot the Old Contemptibles, as there seem to be many regional variations on the wives' social club (see the Folkestone example)
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