Spotted an unusual Gaunt 1915 OWS badge , originally it was an 'N' series but the letter has been ground/filed down but is still visible.
What is interesting is that the number on the buttonhole fitting has a 'J' prefix !
This is the first one I have seen which is odd as it has a five figure number .
From 'Ticker's' post :
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The reason I say ‘K’, and not ‘J’, is that the only examples I have seen with ‘J’ are where this appears stamped on the buttonhole fixing immediately in front of the number, and where other letters have been erased from behind the crown . It is my belief, therefore, that the ‘J’ series was chronologically after the ‘Z’ series.
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If they needed to manufacture 30,000 + badges why would they not have produced a proper 'J' series ?
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