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Originally Posted by dumdum
Hi Mike
So a good chance that this is their first badge or dating from the 50's at the latest? Size and pin-back fixing would suggest this.
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Your badge has B.E.S.L and according to "The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League" site :
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It was renamed the British Commonwealth Ex-Services League (BCEL) in 1958 and then the Commonwealth Ex-Services League (CEL) in 2002.
The appellation “Royal” was granted by royal assent in 2003.
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So it "should" date between 1949 - 1958 but as they possibly had a lot made initially it could have been issued even after the name changed.
NB: My Malawi pin has
CE-SL , so I'm not sure where it fits in.
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