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31-01-16, 02:34 PM
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Bisley patch
Can anyone give information concerning a naval marksman badge inscribed 'Bisley 1961'? Would this signify that the qualifying seaman was entitled to wear said badge in lieu of the normal marksman badge for that year?
Who would issue such badge? Bisley, or would the ship's tailor add on the inscription? GTB 
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31-01-16, 11:02 PM
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Hi GTB
You can also find the standard Army Marksman cloth badges (crossed rifles) with "Bisley" and the year at the bottom. As Paul says, I believe they were manufactured and sold as such, rather than the details being added to an existing badge. As far as I know, they (or the Army badges at least) were not authorised for wear in uniform but someone else might know better! David Last edited by davidwyke; 31-01-16 at 11:26 PM.
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31-01-16, 11:23 PM
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Bisley/Year Badge.
Who was entitled to wear the Bisley badges. I see then quite often but no nothing about them.
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31-01-16, 11:54 PM
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I'm only guessing though! David
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01-02-16, 01:36 AM
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Bisley Team from Canada
I know this has nothing to do with ID'ing the badge in question. However, when I saw "Bisley", I couldn't help myuself. It put me in mind of a story from my early days in the Army. In Canada way back when, the top shooters from the national service matches held in Ottawa every year made up the Canadian team that went to Bisley the next year. One year the team had Adidas track suits made up with the title "Canadian Bisley Team" stenciled across the back.
Traveling to England, one of the the team members, a Warrant Officer in my regiment, was stopped by a lady in the airport before departure. She was curious and asked him....(get ready for it!)..."Excuse me, but how do you play Bisley? (I don't know what her hair colour was) As I said, it doesn't help with identification, but I thought it might brighten everyone's day Cheers, Ian
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The day the government succeeds in taking away our dress uniforms, badges and colours, and all the so called "non-functional" items; they will find themselves with an army that cannot defend them. Robert Heinlein, "Starship Troopers"
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01-02-16, 07:07 AM
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01-02-16, 08:07 AM
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When I shot at Bisley the badges were available for purchase from a small shop there. Not to be worn on uniform but purely as a keepsake, some people did wear them on their shooting jackets though. Up to this point I had only seen them in colours for the Army & RAF.
Regards, Craig.
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01-02-16, 10:48 AM
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Yes, you are right. I should have checked my badges (all army) first, they do appear to have had the details added! David
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01-02-16, 11:30 AM
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Thanks for that corroboration, David. Sometimes the obvious turns out to be not all that obvious after all. At first I didn't appreciate fully this fact (details added later), it was mainly after instigating the thread that further info is presenting itself.
GTB
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01-02-16, 11:37 AM
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I like the fact that they were worn in uniform by Cadets, as "OC14" mentions above, which is something I didn't realise. I wonder to what extent the wearing of them by Cadets is officially sanctioned? David
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01-02-16, 11:52 AM
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Not a Bisley badge but some interesting shooting badges on a cadet BD including that for the NRA Cadet 100.
Jon
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01-02-16, 01:06 PM
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