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Old 21-02-19, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Frank Kelley View Post
Their shoulder titles were normally made here, in Great Britain, it certainly does not look like a shoulder title, a glance at the photographs suggests to me, at least, a South African made hat badge, made in rather limited quantities simply because of the time consuming nature of the manufacture by jewellers.
The owner of this told me that it was a shoulder title made in South Africa. He's a big collector of Aussie Boer War items. It could well be a hat badge as items from that period aren't well documented.

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