BIG QUESTION !!!!
as far as I'm aware (in the old days) the ACD invited company X to make say, a dozen, badges of the type that they decided on. This would be sent around for final approval, then when everybody was happy, it would be sent out for tender - of courdse company X would have an advantage in that it had made the SP.
It is said that the ACD SPs were eventually given to the RUSI buit when their museum closed in the ?1960s I'm not sure what happened to them.
It is possible that many were kept at Didcot (and we all know that so,me were sold off from there - though as I said there would be more than one), some may have ended up in Leeds along with COD and ACD papers. I'm not sure, I'd LOVE to know. however, the ACD papers have some rubbings of SPs.
There is also the question of officer's SPs, not sure where they are either (though I'm currently chasing an idea).
I hope someone will know.
Julian
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