...a few images of AIF personnel wearing distinctive insignia...the (instructor) Officer is wearing the Bombers two-colour badge in cloth - the ball is lighter in colour than the flames, as is that worn by the soldier seated two to his left...the PT/BT (instructor?) Sergeant is wearing a multi-threaded badge in cloth above his stripes - the hilts are darker in colour than the blades...the machine-gun Sergeant, wearing an MSM, seems to have a pair of oxidised-metal crossed guns above his stripes and on the left shoulder - the yellow centre of the 4th Division patch shows up as being white in colour in these sepia photographs so the machine guns, if they are in cloth, would show to be the same...two of the Australian Officer cadet candidates are wearing the large oval "Best Shot in the Company/Regiment" skill-at-arms cloth badge - no way of telling if it is a crown or a star above the wreath...the reason that I collect nearly any British ORs skill/trade/appointment/proficiency/prize insignia (both in gilding metal and in worsted cloth) is that I may eventually come across a photograph of an Australian wearing it - however unofficial/unauthorised the item may be...(8{
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