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brass colonial maritime badges
The following old brass cap badges are all local (Malta) finds.
Victorian Marine Police KC Coast Guard (with J.R. Gaunt London tablet) KC Malta Customs GTB |
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They are absolutely gorgeous badges
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Hi GTB,
That's a lovely group, well done and thank for sharing. Always interesting to see obscure colonial badges like this. Cheerio, Roy
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Very nice badges. I particularly liked the Malta Customs. Would the HM Coastguard badge have been worn in Malta?
Dave. |
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Thanks all for your encouraging comments. I think such small badge displays convey a sense of time past.
Dave, I think not. Haven't come across records of Malta CG unit. Attaching a card of colonial Malta Customs buttons - not too clear, I'm afraid. They start off with CUSTOM - HOUSE MALTA and continue with CUSTOMS MALTA. The latter large size also comes w/o shank but with 4 eyelets as in RN CPO buttons. The single very small button is CUSTOM - HOUSE WEIGHER and apparently only that size has surfaced (15mm) GTB |
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Agreed very nice group of badges. When you go badge hunting on Malta what are your options as far as where to find pieces?
Thanks Jack
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Lovely collection! Just a question, was the Custom-House Weigher button specific to Malta or was it used throughout the colony? I do have a 23mm type of this button in my collection which was found locally but haven't came across more anywhere else. Also could you or some other member shed some light on the image of the cap badge attached. Thanking you in advance. |
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