Wilf
I need to make a minor correction re the cost of the Dublin OTC buttons, On formation of the corps in 1910, 3 of the large buttons cost 2p, bronze cap badges were 4 p each, white metal cap badges were 6p each, shoulder titles were one shilling per pair. I erroneously gave 1922 as the date for this bit of trivia.
Source is "A Military History of the University of Dublin and its Officer Training Corps," Willoughby, Roger, The Medal Society of Ireland Special Publication no.1, 1989
Today the cap badge would set one back about GBP 350 or so.
John
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