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Originally Posted by dumdum
Hi
I can help with a DEFINITE original (unless our junk shops many years ago were accessing these "dud" items...) Mine has lost its blades though.
I had had it for a LONG time before I knew what it was!
Back in 2003, I went to China for a little under a month.
I didn't see any of these C.L.C. badges (I wouldn't have known what they were anyway..) but I did get two wonderfully abused bronze British War Medals to the unit. One from Tianjian (old name "Tientsin"(?) and the other from a Beijing (the "Pekin" of roast duck fame...) market.
Let me know if you would like me to post.
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Here are the Chinese Labour Corps items mentioned in the above post. The medal without the suspension came from Tianjin (the old "Tientsin") and the Salavdor Dali moustache suspension medal came from Beijing.
The CLC badge is
beyond reproach as it was a real sleeper that I only picked up as the initials intrigued me. My memory is clearly totally at fault as I see that the CLC badge does have its blades after all......
The link between this and the medals was made, not by me, but a fellow collector.