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Old 15-08-20, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by High Wood View Post
I am beginning to think that the badge is a fantasy item. The sales description states that the badge was issued to those boys who had completed a signals training course in Cairo, so at best it was an unofficial souvenir badge. But it begs the question, what were Polish boys doing in Cairo in the first place?
According to an article I found , 300-400 exiled Polish officers served in the Royal West African Frontier Force.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25779137?seq=1


PS. Great find Jerry !


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