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Originally Posted by Drummajor
G'day All,
I have seen a brass version of these badges on Chris Walkers great web site. I have these two, one being white metal and the other looks like copper or bronze, however the reverse of this badge is brass. Does anyone know if they were made in copper or bronze?
Phil.
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Hi Phil,
Major Graham Donley's 'Signals and Signallers Badges in the Australian Army 1870-2006' just mentions and illustrates the gilt hat badge and collars, quoting Orders for Dress and Clothing 1906. It is possible that officers made their own provision for bronzed badges, although that finish was not an Australian 'thing'. Being absorbed into the Corps of Australian Engineers in 1912 suggests that they did not appear in the copper oxidised finish which appeared during the Great War.
Cheers, Keith