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Originally Posted by 8thfoot
As a matter of interest I am attaching a photo of a Gaunt card I have had for some considerable time ( years rather than months ).
There are a number of differences between my card and the one on EB but these may be due to them being printed at different times or to some other explanation.
It will be interesting to see how many more of these cards surface in the next few weeks .
P.B.
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8thfoot and forum members.
What was the original purpose of these cards and their dates of usage?
Were they intended as samples for Military Tailors shops to show the customer to then make an order or were badges actually sold "on the card"?
We now have cards with badges for sale on ebay apparently dating from WW1 through the 1920s.