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Old 08-08-19, 12:02 PM
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I saw one in an auction years ago which was on a leather tab of all things. Presumably this was because coal heavers did not wear suits with a buttonhole for a lapel badge.
The brass one (in earlier photo) was sold at auction by Noble (Australia) in 2001 for $540.

"NAVAL TRANSPORT COALING BATTALION BADGE IN BRASS, No.944, letters and figures impressed, by Stokes & Son, Melbourne. With leather strap attached to lugs, very fine and rare."
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