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Originally Posted by bess55
Is it fair then to say that there was an intention to produce in A/A but it was never carried out?
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Sean
I asked around at the OCA, back in 2008 (including Lord Kimball at the Leicester Race Course at an annual event), and to their knowledge there was no AA cap badge. If the Regiment had carried on into the 1960s then I am sure there might have been one made. So we know that only white metal and gilding metal are mentioned on the 1952 pattern (as a guide for a future AA) card held by the IWM.
The Coronation was held in June 1953 and the Regiment amalgamated in 1957. So the 1952 production would have been the last batch of issued cap badges to the LYPAO.
* The LYPAO white metal collar badge was worn by the LDYPAO up until 1963.