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Jewish Chaplain anodised cap badge
Hi Gents,
When I first started collecting anodised badges many years ago, the Jewish Chaplain's cap badge was probably the hardest & most sort after anodised aluminium badge to find. Now sadly, they appear quite plentiful on e bay with many dealers offering them quite cheaply in high numbers. Many of these, have I suspect been made in more recent times even though the British Army probably hasn't had a Jewish Chaplain in 30 years? Possibly old stocks come to the forefront or manufacturers reproducing them more recently for the collectors market? Anyway the point of this post is that I have a few variants of this badge and have come across another one to share with other anodised aluminium collectors - this one I think I really quite like! The badge below is the first Jewish Chaplains badge I have come across which is not completely flat backed. It is also a nice chunky badge possibly circa 60's or 70's judging by the amount of aluminium used to make it (see Hagwalthers book). it also shows a bit of "wear" on the domed shape central device in the centre of the badge. This badge was found amongst an early collection of anodised badges I purchased from an "advanced" collection of which there were a few early items. Opinions welcomed. Many Thanks Colin |
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