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Originally Posted by yorkstone
Mike
That’s great do you have any date for this document please
Regards
Stephen
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The quote I posted refers to the 1960's and after rereading it I agree with the others who suggest it relates to the colour of the lettering rather than the ribbon , sorry !
Here is another from a different source relating to the 1950's :
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Each boy was issued with two caps, one for everyday wear [with a Rayon cap tally] and a best one [with a gold cap tally], the latter being kept in a metal [rigid] cap box.
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http://www.godfreydykes.info/MY_GANG...ITS_MUSTER.htm
I did find a post from another forum that 'may' be relevent :
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I recently saw on ebay a guy offering for sale 'White' cap tallies with the ships names in various colours...ie light blue, green etc
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