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Old 26-04-16, 07:25 AM
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Hello Chris,
Okay, many thanks, I will certainly have to buy some of those, I don't think I've even got a B'ham marked example either.
Regards Frank

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Originally Posted by hagwalther View Post
Hi Frank,

Absolutely no idea as records relating to manufacture and issue are very rare.

As a collector I tend to go for early badges such as Timings, early slider Smith & Wright, Hughes, George Tye and Grove Manufacturing.

Looking at my list of manufactures for the Parachute Regt there appears to be an early Grove Manufacturing piece with a non A/A slider (see page 79*) - that would be the one to go for in my opinion if scarcity was a defining issue but they are quite scarce.

*Note: I am indebted to Colin Mathews who collated the list of anodised aluminium cap badges that were manufactured with non-anodised aluminium sliders.

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Chris
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