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Old 28-10-22, 09:41 AM
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Default para gaunt flawed slider silver sweetheart

a recent purchase a lovely (IMO) chrome not silver plated Parachute regiment Beret badge with a brooch conversion.

It has the well 4 known Gaunt flaws and interestingly it appears to have been a slider fitted badge before it was converted to brooch fittings with an added fine chain and safety pin.

It came with a named photo of the owner of it as a brooch.
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Old 28-10-22, 10:01 AM
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It looks like the chromed version of this badge converted to me from your pictures.
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Old 28-10-22, 01:06 PM
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Thanks, chrome plated not silver plated.

I still think its a great badge.

these can't be that common to see, the flawed gaunt on a slider, post war pre 1953
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Old 28-10-22, 01:28 PM
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Here is another one. So all those broche ones are made for sweatheart ?
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Old 28-10-22, 02:56 PM
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They might be for easier removal though I think the normal lugs or sliders are easy to use, so yes, probably for brooches or less likely a repair
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Old 29-10-22, 09:57 AM
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But maybe the broche makes it a real sweatheart one. That being said from my small knowledge on that subject, french commandos were giving their real beret badges to their sweatheart without any modifications.
Removing a slider just for that might be a pain, but it might be a pre broken one as you said.
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