Plates between the hinge and the reverse of many brooches were fairly commonplace and in no way signify a repair, as you suggested in post thirty two, I was talking to a local jeweller this morning who also sells vintage brooches including Great War sweethearts and he pointed out that so many are actually in unworn condition so very clearly have not been subject to any repair whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by mike_vee
A really good photo of the "oval footed" hinge , I just checked and the same fitting was used on early Gaunt British Legion badges.
Looks like I was wrong  and I guess I'll have to keep digging to see if I can find any documentation about these badges.
NB - I see that the badges posted have a wide range of numbers (66*** to 350***) , so were probably manufactured over the 3 years they were issued.
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