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16-04-09, 08:20 PM
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1916 female war badge
Hi guys.I have 3 examples of this pin back badge and i have done lots of internet searches.In the end i had to email a web site of the IWM to ask.The reply was sent to me that they have never come across a white metal badge with or without the makers mark i have got .Still waiting for there response.
Any way here they are. 
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#2
16-04-09, 08:41 PM
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Mkers mark
J.A.Wright & Co London Not stampted into badge but makers mark integral when made.the number actually stamped into it and is 279287
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#3
16-04-09, 08:48 PM
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Generic pin assy to all of these badges.I cant seeing as a fake.Any opinions at this time please.
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#4
16-04-09, 10:15 PM
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1916 War Service badge
Could it have been a shortage of nickel?
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#5
16-04-09, 11:08 PM
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The War Munition volunteers badge i know comes in brass and WM. The brass being the regular issue, the Wm being the supervisors or Foremans. Could it be a similar thing applied to the war service badge. The metal colour reflects the persons status?
Cheers, Dave
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#6
17-04-09, 02:55 AM
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[QUOTE=Deejayuu;37073]The War Munition volunteers badge i know comes in brass and WM. The brass being the regular issue, the Wm being the supervisors or Foremans. Could it be a similar thing applied to the war service badge. The metal colour reflects the persons status?
Cheers, Dave[/QUOTE I have a feeling (don't we all..) from way back that it might have had something to do with the amount of time/hours that they put into the job. My Mum was doing this at one stage before she joined the ATS and she was a 'full time' volunteer, rather than 'part time' and I can remember hers being in WM. 'Apparently' it 'disappeared' years ago during one of the many postings/married quarter clear-outs etc. Assuming my memory is not playing tricks on me - I am getting on you know... next time I speak to her I'll see if she ever found it and can recall. dave
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#7
17-04-09, 03:44 PM
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Dave, you most probably are correct in what you say, it would make a lot of sense. My source for the wm and brass differences came from an ebay auction so i have no way of substantiating the claim.
Cheers, Dave.
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#8
18-04-09, 05:33 AM
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The lengths I go to for this hobby.... Rang my Mum last night and although she really is getting on a bit, she is still fairly lucid and (pretty much) repeated what I recall her saying some years ago (without me putting words in her mouth). Of course, now she is old enough and allowed to be grumpier - she started giving me stick about this being the only reason I was calling her. "You and your bloody badges". It keeps her on her toes though, especially when I tell her I am calling from a Nunnery.... Back to work, david
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