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Old 14-01-21, 08:44 PM
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Hello! What do you think...a sweetheart or a cap badge reconverted??? Thanks!

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Old 15-01-21, 11:14 AM
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It looks like someone cut the slider and put a long pin to fix the badge...don't you agree?
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Old 26-01-21, 04:25 PM
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...have you evee seen one brooch like this one?
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Old 26-01-21, 04:46 PM
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Someone has clipped the slider and inserted a pin in the remaining stump by the looks of it. Not encountered such before. Looks like a tie pin.

It’s not a pagri or field modification.
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Old 26-01-21, 05:24 PM
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Ok...a reconverted badge into civil use...thanks for your opinion!!
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