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Originally Posted by dumdum
Hi Mike and James
With a bit of hunting around I found the 1915 variant with the red enamel. What I thought was of note was that it bears the backstamp of Taylor & Challen Ltd. I thought that they were the firm that made this badge but see that it has "AT" above the name.
I did look them up when I got it but can't recall what they did now.
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Taylor & Challen made a coining press (and other machinary) that was used by badge manufacturers .
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/ind...c,11702.0.html
It is possible that Taylor & Challen produced the 'basic' badge and that
AT were a local Birmingham jeweller/artisan did the enamelling ?
NB. One of their 1907 coining presses ended up in Australia.
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This press was used c1965-2000 by The Perfection Badge Co of Sydney to make membership badges for social clubs, sporting clubs (including most notably bowling clubs), Returned Servicemen's Leagues (RSL) Clubs etc.
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