It is that group, you are right to say that veterans pick up bits post their actual service. My feeling with Sjt Janes MM is that he kept much of his original stuff, the cap badge certainly has wear in keeping with a hard life stuffed into a large pack or tunic.
I'll post some of my Examples over the next few days.
Mark
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Originally Posted by Jibba Jabba
Hi Mark,
Would that be the 1/5th grouping you aquired from eBay with trench club? If I remember correctly does that group not have a very good close-up portrait photo of the cap badge?
One always has to be very careful with veteran obtained items. Sometimes they are not always items obtained during their time in the service, they can be aquired from places like old comrades meetings.
Sadly in all of my period postcards of the regiment the holes (if there are any are any) are almost impossible to see. I`ll bet the none voided crown badges were re-issued from regimental stores for WW2.
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