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Old 06-12-19, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Milmed View Post
The Navy only wore the gilt version and in 3 sizes

The anodized item you speak of was actually a staybrite coating and not anything like anodized aluminium badges. This was mostly worn by the Army post 1972 and a pre-cursor to the chrome buttons that was adopted by the army c.1975
Are these the springbok buttons you are referring to?
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=71321
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