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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen
The design of the Middlesex "Footballer's" seems to date back to at least around the early 1920's although the Meer & Jones poster hasn't been properly dated and I don't know if the illustration is of a badge that was actually produced and / or sold by them at that time.
Interestingly The Leeds Pals badge they illustrate is the "earless" owls (Corporation?) design.
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And What The F... is the Middlesex badge shown to the left of The Footballers.
Further to Magpie's reply, many years ago I was offered an OSD of The Footballers...................................hmmm mm can't remember why I didn't buy it.
Apart from the fact that nothing that I know of or have been informed of supports the belief that these badges were ever produced for service wear; if they had been, they would have been totally impractical.
The ball on stalks would have been toooooo long to sit comfortably on a cap and in fact I suspect the ball would have broken off very soon after being placed on the cap.
Regards.
Brian