hilarious...
"In the small print:"
"PLEASE NOTE A MINI CONTROVERSY STILL RAGES REGARDING WHICH OF THE TWO BADGES IS THAT MADE DURING THE WAR, AND THAT STRUCK POST WAR, DESPITE THE MAZEAS OPINION AND THAT OF OTHERS. EQUAL AND OPPOSITE OPINIONS BY NOTED COLLECTORS. I BELIEVE THIS BADGE WITH THE EAR, PAW AND ROUNDED O AS OPPOSED TO THE OVAL O IS THE ORIGINAL. "
A few problems with his theory....The oval O badge has been found numerous times in the possession of vets, on period trench art, and with worn uniforms, versus the fact that the Round O badge was available to me by the bagfull at 1 Pound sterling each back in the early 80's along with bags of Para Regt and various other Special Air service type badges....all of them in huge quantity and all of them repros. But, I guess if you want to believe it bad enough,it can become fact to some......
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