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Originally Posted by irish
A fine group of Rising Suns. Did the British manufacturers of this badge have an existing contract to make these when war broke out or was there a shortfall in the number needed. I assume these were being made in Australia concurrent with other manufacturers abroad?
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G'day Irish.
Hope that you enjoyed the Guinness or 2 !!
The Rising Suns were made by a whole lot of manufacturers Tiptaft named theirs there is also one with a slider (UK made) without a name, I saw one last Sunday on a very battered genuine WW 1 slouch hat, the hat had seen better days but the badge was still a real gem. The hat had a small slot for the slider to go through but no holes for the normal 2 lugs, so the badge has been on the hat for 100 years! I didnt photo it at the time but will in due course, its at a small museum not far from home thats run by friends, It came with a leather Turkish set of 3 ammo pouchs, as in all 3 joined together, I will photo that also .
There are several named Aussie made RS's and many that were not named. All WW 1 & 2 RS's have Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, any that dont were made post 1948.
I hope that this helps.
Regards
Phil.
Bottoms up !!