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Old 06-10-23, 04:35 PM
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a recent purchase, RMons RE coloured fs cap. I have never seen anything other than RE aa buttons for royal mons re caps post 1953
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Old 06-10-23, 05:46 PM
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Jerry, super item, thanks for sharing.

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Old 06-10-23, 08:28 PM
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a recent purchase, RMons RE coloured fs cap. I have never seen anything other than RE aa buttons for royal mons re caps post 1953
We wore std a/a RE buttons on our No2s and caps Jerry circa 2000
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Mike,

Indeed, I have two no.2 caps for R. Mons RE, both also have aa RE buttons
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Nice cap Jerry,
Did the Mons RE ever have their own buttons?

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Did the Mons RE ever have their own buttons?

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I remember seeing they did, but only pre staybrite, maybe only mess buttons
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Nice quality item.
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I remember seeing they did, but only pre staybrite, maybe only mess buttons
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