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Originally Posted by Postwarden
The attached photo clearly shows the octagonal version worn with a postwar rank badge. However I have also seen a 1949 pattern BD with the painted oblong version on - as per attached. Like many formation signs I don't think there are hard and fast ways of dating them if they are not fixed to uniforms or shown in photos
Postwarden
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Thanks again Postwarden.
As I posted above, the thread starter is attached to a February 1945 dated BD. I have no problem with it being post war, as it can only have been very late war at the earliest.
I just bought a 2nd edition copy of Heraldry in War and await it's arrival.
Regards,
Jerry