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Old 12-07-05, 19:39
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Post Re: The ORIGINAL Badge #1

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Originally posted by servicepub
The ORIGINAL badge showed the Kangaroo with three babies in it's pouch. Also, it did not have the latin logo but rather the name of the unit. This was in a drawing supplied by Gaunt's of London. CMHQ instructed the regiment to lose the babies and to use the Latin motto. No actual examples were ever made of this but I thought that I would throw in my tuppence worth 'just to muddy the waters'
Clive's post prompted me to post this:

The J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd. sketch of the cap badge which Clive mentions above:
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