Hi Guys,
Just a short note to add to this thread.
Both my brothers are ex submariners and attended the reunion recently.
All the ex members were issued the new badge as part of the reunion.
These were the chromed version as apposed to the gilt version in nevilles picture.
The story they were told re. chrome vs. gilt is as follows.
The chrome badges were produced a few years ago, but a group of officers insisted that they wanted a gold version to distinguish themselves from the nco's.
This put a halt to the issuing of the new badge until discussions/negotiations were completed.
The end result was that everyone (officers and nco's) got a new gilt badge.
This left the unit with a hoard of chrome badges which they have now issued to the ex members.
Steven
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