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Originally Posted by mooke07
To your point Luke - the 6th Battalion DLI wore blackened cap badges and these were GM badges that were either blackened by the manufacturer of by the battalion. They were not standard WM badges that were blackened. The all GM badges are often passed off as economy issue which is pure fantasy.
I think this adds to the picture that E Yorks cyclist badges were blackened badges that may well have been different than the regular pattern badge as the feedstock, cheers Dean
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I'm probably misinterpreting what you're saying, you appear to be saying that there was no WWI Economy version of the East Yorks Regt cap badge? (Which there was).