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Old 16-08-12, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Postwarden View Post
Both Heraldry in War and the updated version Formation Badges of World War Two are offered by several booksellers on the AbeBooks website and neither are very expensive.

The London District sign was approved in May 1941 and worn after the war as well. When sample postwar London District signs were sent to the War Office by Eastern Command in February 1950 they recorded that the file on the original wartime application for a sign had been destroyed.

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Originally Posted by badjez View Post
There appear to be two basic variations in this FS. One is the octagonal version as pictured, and the other is the same design but on an oblong. Somewhere I read that the oblong was the wartime version, and the octagonal one worn post-war.
Would anyone like to comment upon this?

Stephen.
Many thanks for the input on this.

Regards,

Jerry
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