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Old 30-10-19, 11:02 AM
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The Imperial War Museum had a program marking the 100 year anniversary of WW1 , many companies/organisations were involved and used the logo produced by the I.W.M.

A badge of the logo was sold by I.W.M and other associated partners , I have managed to acquire some of the 'variations' :

1. Basic logo.
2. Passchendaele 2017.
3. Amiens 2018.
4. Armistice 2018.
5. 1914-1918/2014-2018.

Has anyone seen any other variations ? I would have thought there would be a Somme one.
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Got hold of the Somme badge and then spotted a Jutland one , had to buy 3 so have 2 to move on (see Poppy Spares Album).

Not sure if other battles were commemorated , if anyone spots any please let me know.

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I always like the term 'acquire'. It has many connotations.

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The Imperial War Museum had a program marking the 100 year anniversary of WW1 , many companies/organisations were involved and used the logo produced by the I.W.M.

A badge of the logo was sold by I.W.M and other associated partners , I have managed to acquire some of the 'variations' :

1. Basic logo.
2. Passchendaele 2017.
3. Amiens 2018.
4. Armistice 2018.
5. 1914-1918/2014-2018.

Has anyone seen any other variations ? I would have thought there would be a Somme one.
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Old 26-03-20, 08:44 AM
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I always like the term 'acquire'. It has many connotations.

Chris
Nowadays , for me , it means find /trade/swap/buy .

In my past it meant steal / borrow on a permenant basis / borrow without the owners consent /nick from the unit "bivvied" next door !
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There is a Gallipoli 2015 one as well.
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There is a Gallipoli 2015 one as well.
Thank you , I hadn't even thought about Gallipoli , so that's another one I need to look out for.
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