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Old 04-06-17, 06:05 AM
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John Bailey, now sadly deceased, was a former Royal who served, inter alia, at the liberation of Hong Kong in 1945. He was a long term and highly respected member of the MHerS and an expert in RM cloth insignia of World War 2. Mike
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Thanks for that info Mike and pardon my ignorance.

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Referring to your post '22' above - I imagine new member '1664' is John Rawlinson author of the Royal Marine Historical Society Special Publication commemorating 350 years service of the Corps i.e.
'Personal Distinctions, 350 years of Royal Marines Uniform and Insignia'.

This work has been referred to in several previous threads.

John - if it is you (alias 1664) - welcome aboard, good to have you here.

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Old 05-06-17, 11:13 AM
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Excellent read if you haven't already got a copy.
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Old 10-06-17, 01:00 PM
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Hi John,
Difficult to tell from the pictures in your book so I've taken some close up pictures to show the difference in quality. I've found that military badges, even the most mundane have a quality of manufacture. These diagonal stitched badges just don't have that
Have a look and see what you think.
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Irv,
Agree, the quality doesn't feel right and the diagonal stitched badges are so common 117Bde must have had 100,000s of men.
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Old 10-06-17, 01:04 PM
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Mike
Referring to your post '22' above - I imagine new member '1664' is John Rawlinson author of the Royal Marine Historical Society Special Publication commemorating 350 years service of the Corps i.e.
'Personal Distinctions, 350 years of Royal Marines Uniform and Insignia'.

This work has been referred to in several previous threads.

John - if it is you (alias 1664) - welcome aboard, good to have you here.

All the best
Mike
Hi Mike,
Yes, it is me!
I've been a member on the site for years,
Yours
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Old 10-06-17, 01:08 PM
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Excellent read if you haven't already got a copy.
Irv,
Many thanks for the kind endorsement. With such a wide subject I'm happy to acknowledge the book is limited and I was very aware that understanding of RM WW2 cloth insignia is far from complete - so great to see conversations like this one taking place

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Old 10-06-17, 06:50 PM
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Hi John,
Sometimes it seems that I come across as argumentative but it is only to increase our knowledge. I work on the principle that if it doesn't look right it may not be I always need the evidence to prove the fact.

It is good to have someone who is willing to put to paper facts/understandings of Royal Marine items. We are always learning and I am always willing to be persuaded on any enquiry into information on these items. I have been wrong before

The badge in question has too many red flags (IMO) to be worthy of putting into a RM collection. (For the moment anyway)

Thanks again John.

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John.

Love your book.
Well done.

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Old 13-06-17, 09:56 PM
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If its a good argument you are after try working with historians and archaeologists.
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Love your book.
Well done.

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Old 13-06-17, 10:27 PM
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I know! I have to deal with the British museums finds liaison officer on the IOW. Some times theres no moving them on their opinion


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