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No2 Commando cap badge
I was catching up on some old threads and noticed some reference to the original No2 Commando cap badge hand-made from ‘spoons’. No one posted any images, so I thought this would be a good place to share my example. These were made with the ‘SS’ (Special Service) and without.
Regards, Roy. |
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Roy,
Thanks for the photo. First genuine one that I have ever seen. I feel there will be a few fakes being moved out of collections when people see that one. Alan |
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Thanks Alan,
I have only seen a couple of others over the years, all are slightly different being hand made. A good friend of mine has one without the SS but has the same marking on the reverse and the same style of construction. Regards, Roy. |
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So, a serviceman would handover his spoon to a manufacturer who would craft a badge from it, then stamp it and (whoops) apply a lug over the firm name.
I'm not buying that story. |
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The stamp is already there, it's the maker of the spoon not the badge. And the badges themselves were usually made by the men, as a kind of trench art from what I'm lead to believe or by one the CFN in the unit (armourer, mechanic etc.).
Tom |
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I believe these early examples were hand-made ‘in camp’ and not sent out to a professional maker. So the ‘spoons’ were just on hand I guess or likely ‘pilfered‘ from the officers mess! The few examples in Peters book (Allied Special Forces Insignia page 46) along with my example and the others I have seen are all different and unique, indicating ‘hand-made’. Although all seem to exhibit similar construction methods.
Regards, Roy. |
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That was my understanding Roy, Baldwin did make cutlery during the early half of the 20thC, so it could be a silver officers piece.....
T |
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are still visible of a 'converted spoon'. These are from 'standard' commando knife only cap badge, not the 'SS" one. david |
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