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Old 10-03-22, 11:09 PM
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Have no real knowledge on the tab in question, but I do know that on some of the older film, the color yellow would look black or dark in black and white pictures. Not sure if that might apply here or not???

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this is what you are referring to :

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Panchromatic_film

however this is not relevant to the colour of thread used in the construction of the WW2 1st ( Airborne ) Battalion, the Border Regiment
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When I looked into these designations may years ago, the colour of the thread used to join the two arcs was yellow up to 1952 when it changed to green.

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I was looking at WD and MoD documents and Pattern cards, they clearly stated that the previous badges using yellow thread were to be changed to green. This also included the ACF designations, which were to be changed from yellow to green thread in 1955.

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does a WW2 provenanced " previous " badge exist ?
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I have been back to the different sources and can now correct my error.

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...863#post575863
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