A couple for comment please - REME and RAF - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

bess55 · #1 05-02-20, 03:49 PM

Gents, having posted a 13th London here that I suspected was a copy, but may well be 'right', I found that I have a couple more that have clearly been very roughly cast.

Now these are either very crude ' copies/fakes' whichever term you wish to use or they something more interesting. Could they be locally made replacements from wartime overseas service I guess is what I'm asking?

Comments and thoughts welcomed gents.

Regards all

Bess

Sonofacqms · #2 05-02-20, 05:18 PM

I would say these are sandcast replacement badges.

Rob

bess55 · #3 05-02-20, 06:56 PM

Thanks Rob, what I suspect, but my frame of reference is limited.

Cheers

gb64 · #4 05-02-20, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonofacqms

I would say these are sandcast replacement badges.

Rob

I agree with Rob, both nice and something I don’t mind in my own collection.

Gerard

bess55 · #5 05-02-20, 08:54 PM

Thanks both

billy · #6 06-02-20, 02:02 AM

A nice couple of badges with a bit of History, been somewhere far enough away that you had to make your own if lost, wonder where?

Mike_2817 · #7 06-02-20, 10:54 AM

Sandcast badges were made to order in quantity from Ordnance sources as well, as metal badges were low on the priority of stores for shipping from the UK base. Some even have makers marks.

REME is a very good example as formed in 1942 mainly from the RAOC workshops, REME workshops may well have cast there own from the limited samples arriving in theatre with reinforcements.

bess55 · #8 06-02-20, 05:54 PM

Thanks for the info guys