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Originally Posted by Expat Yeoman
I have only ever seen two examples of the T&S badge, one on a sealed pattern card and the other posted on the forum some while back.
This leads me to speculate that T&S produced the initial small batch for the sealed patterns but the subsequent manufacture was handled by the other three companies.
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Hi Expat,
This a valid theory in that when the sealed patterns were made from the original samples the standard patterns were lent out to those badge manufacturers who requested them for the initial tender. It would be more than feasible to find that the maker who won the contract need not be the one who made the samples.
Unfortunately, I am unable to comment on your particular example here.
To find another maker badge on a subsequent pattern would be unusual but if the original badge were retired and subsequently resurrected then this too could occur. Pretty sure though that this did not happen with the badge you have in question.
Regards,
Chris