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Old 02-07-20, 12:51 PM
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Default Oh dear,oh dear,oh dear !!!!!!!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trench-Ar...QAAOSwCYFe~ceE

What foresight they had in WW1 to anticipate a change in cap badges !!

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Aesthetically speaking, nothing short of atrocious.

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Nice description. Top quality
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Old 02-07-20, 07:48 PM
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"Fantastic" !

Sadly, there is more and more of this..... most of us just laugh it off, but there are people who are taken in!
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"Made from brass and from the First World War"


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What foresight they had in WW1 to anticipate a change in cap badges !!

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Wow! The Tommy who made these out of spent 18 pounder shell cases had quite the imagination! 😛
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I wonder where abouts in the Ypres Salient they were made?😲
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