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Originally Posted by djphoto
This badge was designed by one of their officers, a Captain Edward E. L. Mortelmans who was an artist and illustrator in civilian life. ... As an aside to this, Edward Mortelmans went on to illustrate books for Gerald Durrell and Edgar Rice-Burroughs.
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Reading Durell's books on animal collecting, with the wonderful illustrations, convinced me, as a teen, that I wanted to be a veteranairian. I still have those books!
Peter