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[Fatherofthree]

Greetings each and all.

For any of you feeling somewhat depressed at the thought of having to undertake Christmas domestic chores......e.g shopping, below is a little something to make you smile..........................hopefully.

Well, it made me chuckle.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-21st-London-Regiment-Artists-Rifles-1st-Volunteer-Battalion-Cap-Badge/362508343575?hash=item54672e5917:g:wucAAOSwNTNcEiz ~:rk:2f:0

Best wishes and regards.

Brian

[Peter Brydon]

Brian,

You have to smile especially as the seller has a feedback score of 9650 and if a new collector saw this dealers stall at a Militaria Fair ( I am pretty sure he stands at Stockport ) he might think this dealer knows what he is talking about and he can buy with confidence.

I saw a film the other day and the most memorable line in it was "Normal has become Excellent". These days dealers who know about military history and the stuff they are selling are no longer the norm.

How long before we see a Cavalry or Yeomanry V.B. badge ?

Peter

[Keith Blakeman]

Originally Posted by Fatherofthree

Greetings each and all.

For any of you feeling somewhat depressed at the thought of having to undertake Christmas domestic chores......e.g shopping, below is a little something to make you smile..........................hopefully.

Well, it made me chuckle.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-21st-London-Regiment-Artists-Rifles-1st-Volunteer-Battalion-Cap-Badge/362508343575?hash=item54672e5917:g:wucAAOSwNTNcEiz ~:rk:2f:0



Best wishes and regards.

Brian

The 2nd VB one is even rarer.

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by Keith Blakeman

The 2nd VB one is even rarer.

But not as rare as the 2/4th Yeomanry/Cavalry parachute battalion. I know because I've got one and it only cost me £200.

[oc14]

Originally Posted by High Wood

But not as rare as the 2/4th Yeomanry/Cavalry parachute battalion. I know because I've got one and it only cost me £200.

I'll see your 2/4th Yeomanry/Cavalry parachute battalion badge and raise you the seldom seen OSD version of the Women's Underwater Wood Welding Balloon Corps - now that's a scarce badge (mine only cost me 3 groats, a cow and a handful of magic beans).

PL

[High Wood]

Right, you asked for it.

I have a brass general service button that was used by an MI5 communist double agent working for Himmler but who was imprisoned by Stalin when his Spitfire jump jet was shot down over Moscow during the Battle of Britain. The button has a compass inside that was personally presented to him by Adolph H when they had a weekend away together at the Golden Sun caravan park in Bridlington in 1934.

The button was found on the barbed wire at Stalag 17 after the agent broke out and stole a JCB which he smuggled back in inside a wooden pantomime horse. The JCB was used to build a tunnel under the commandant's office in which a lot of secret papers were held, the entire safe was then taken out of the tunnel and given to Josef Stalin to prove the agent's loyalty.

I got it at a car boot sale for 50p and I know that the story is true because the bloke who sold it to me said it was his dad's.

[oc14]

Originally Posted by High Wood

Right, you asked for it.

I have a brass general service button that was used by an MI5 communist double agent working for Himmler but who was imprisoned by Stalin when his Spitfire jump jet was shot down over Moscow during the Battle of Britain. The button has a compass inside that was personally presented to him by Adolph H when they had a weekend away together at the Golden Sun caravan park in Bridlington in 1934.

The button was found on the barbed wire at Stalag 17 after the agent broke out and stole a JCB which he smuggled back in inside a wooden pantomime horse. The JCB was used to build a tunnel under the commandant's office in which a lot of secret papers were held, the entire safe was then taken out of the tunnel and given to Josef Stalin to prove the agent's loyalty.

I got it at a car boot sale for 50p and I know that the story is true because the bloke who sold it to me said it was his dad's.

Sorry to tell you Simon but you've been conned. The Golden Sun caravan park didn't open until 1937 - don't believe everything that you're told !

PL

[High Wood]

Oh no, and I didn't get a receipt.

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by Keith Blakeman

The 2nd VB one is even rarer.

How about the 2VB Sherwood Foresters? I picked that up with a VB S. Staffs or summink some years ago in a shop in Bath.
Mistake........

Thanks Gent's, i laughed so much i almost spilt me brew! Rgds Mark

[Peter Brydon]

Having just had a look at this sellers other E bay cap badge offerings I dont know whether to laugh or cry.

P.B.

[grenadierguardsman]

Ha.....funny as fcuk. Laughing my arse off. That button was a gleaming story.....
Andy

[General Ignorance]

Sorry, beaten to it.

[matti467]

I'm with OC14. The story had me hooked until I read Bridlington... Mablethorpe and you may have got away with it...

[matti467]

I like the VB Dorsets too. So much I bought a soldering iron and plan to make them as a hobby in my shed. Sadly though there is no electric so it might have to wait...