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Old 14-10-19, 06:48 PM
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Default Some kind of Signaller badge?

Any ideas?

2 crossed flags, red on khaki
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Old 14-10-19, 07:12 PM
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It looks like a Boy Scouts badge.

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Old 15-10-19, 12:30 AM
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Hi Stef & Simon

Yes, definitely an old (Circa 1920's) Boy Scouts signallers proficiency badge,

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Old 15-10-19, 05:52 AM
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Thank you both for the swift identification!
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Old 16-10-19, 01:31 AM
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The colours might help as I've seen quite a few Scout badges in this khaki and red.

My wife got her Brownies semaphore badge thanks to her father's WW2 military training. He would stand on one side of the beach, she on the other and pass messages.
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