20-07-23, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Guzzman
On a slightly different topic, a friend of mine acquired a mixed selection of cap tallies recently, including a South African SWANS tally. I guess that these are pretty scarce, considering the short time they existed and the small number of women that served in the SWANS? Because of it's scarcity he has decided to send it to an auction house to sell it. Do they turn up very often?
Pete
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Found this :
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only 269 women served. Between 1943 and 1949 there were only 316 members. And the total number of officers in the SWANS was 2 - and one was appointed after the other left
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Originally Posted by Alex Rice
Hi Pete
I missed this post. What is on the SWANS tally? I am not aware of a bespoke SWANS tally, they only wore S(crown/anchor)A, so is that the one he has?
Alex
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Found this :
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SCARCE WW2 SOUTH AFRICA FEMALE TALLY
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http://www.rbjmilitaria.com/royal-navy-cap-tallies
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