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Old 05-05-20, 02:37 PM
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Hi just come across this in a box of bits to sort black spider printed on yellow approximately 1 inch by 1.5 inches is it military or possibly scouting organisations

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Old 05-05-20, 02:46 PM
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It's a variation on the 81st (West African) Division sign.
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Old 06-05-20, 02:05 PM
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'Anansi', the spider, is an important figure in West African mythology: the storyteller and some times trickster, escaping his enemies or problems through cunning.
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Old 07-05-20, 08:43 AM
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For the info have never seen one that small and that design of spider

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Old 07-05-20, 10:02 AM
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It is upside down as it was worn with the spider crawling downwards.
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