1915/ 1916 oddities?
Hi all
Possibly not the best pics of these badges but I think that you can get the idea.
The 1916 badges are maybe a bit different in that the one has been "personalised" with the owner's name (A. SHACKLETON) and the other has has "service bars" added.
I did see one of the latter some years back on eBay but without the five pounds of solder that the owner of this badge felt was needed to hold them in place....
Of the 1915 line up, I felt that the standard badge with the enamel infill was "different".
Note that the plated (or white metal?) one has a 4-digit number much like the blue/ white version shown. Until now, I'd never noticed that the blue/ white badges I have do not have a letter to the back of the crown (or elsewhere for that matter)
I have posted these before but decided to post again making more of a feature of them.
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