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Originally Posted by buttonhole badge
After speaking to Firmin and not getting wholly sensible answers can any member confirm -
ITEM...with a number, is this the amount made at that particular order/run ?
And are badges manufactured after the notional end date of a unit ? Made for the collectors market and not the MoD ?
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An assessment based on some of the FIRMIN packages I have shows:
Unit Date ITEM No
SAS 11/15 ITEM 48
LUOTC 09/09 ITEM 6
ABERDEEN UOTC ITEM 17
AGC 01/11 ITEM 594
INT CORPS 02/14 ITEM 58
QVS DUNBLANE 12/02 ITEM 1
REME 11/11 ITEM 584
WELSH GDS 03/16 ITEM 7
QRL 05/15 ITEM 6
I cannot see what the ITEM number represents. All seem too small and random to be a production quantity, although clearly the Corps have higher numbers.
I believe that Chris Marsh was unable to ascertain any actual production quantities for his “No Bull” book despite extensive documentary research. Such information probably being contract and commercially sensitive.
Tim