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Old 22-08-13, 09:27 AM
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Default REME silver badge opinions please
Opinions appreciated on this badge currently on ebay.

http://http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390647086105?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p 3984.m1436.l2649
Marked SM 925 with the Birmingham assay office 'anchor.' Does anyone know who SM is? I have found this mark on the internet but it is on a 'shield' background not an oblong tablet, and no description as to the maker.
Original, modern copy? Opinions please. The vendor has two other badges on offer with the same marks.
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Old 22-08-13, 10:05 AM
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Is SM Shaw Munster?

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Is SM Shaw Munster?

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SHAW MUNSTER was established in 1969 but it also states 150 years of experience so made up of a number of other companies.
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Old 22-08-13, 06:00 PM
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Note too the item description on this badge and on some of the others
"a hall marked silver REME cap badge, the hallmarks are: SM 925 and an Anchor (the mark of the B,ham Assay office), this is not a WWII badge it has been struck later, it has been hallmarked to make sure it is silver"

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The 925 accompanied by a makers mark & assay mark means Sterling Silver which is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by mass of silver. So no clue as to date.

I have a 1947 'Sua Tela Tonanti' RAOC Cap Badge simply marked SILVER which tests as such, but I suspect made much later!
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isn't 925 generally considered continental silver? so perhaps it's foreign?
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