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09-08-05, 00:52
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Australian silver hatbadge WW2
Max just showed me this hatbadge. It's in silver. Does anybody know the story behind it?
The story behind the badge: We believe, that the prisoners in PoW-Camps in Europe made these badges out of silver chocolate wrapping and sent them home to their beloved as a token to show that they were still alive. Chris 
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09-08-05, 00:52
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back side
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09-08-05, 02:56
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That's an awful lot of chocolate!
The crown on the badge is Queen Elizabeth II's, so the badge dates from after 1952 (Compare with your dad's WW2-era hat badge with King George VI crown). This badge has either been silver plated as a sweetheart memento, for a special ceremonial purpose (there are numerous chrome, nickel, or silver plated items for ceremonial use; bayonets, belt buckles hat badges, etc), or was used by the Armoured Corps (who have everything chromed, although they have only recently re-adopted the slouch hat in favour of the black beret).
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#4
09-08-05, 03:18
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King's Crown
This is definitely a King's crown (Edwardian) as opposed to a Queen's crown (Tudor).The pin appears to me as just a simple sweetheart pin that a lady would wear to show that her gentleman was in the service of his country.
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed. - M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE
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09-08-05, 08:45
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another WW2 badge
... Max has another badge. This one should be a real WW2 one. Can anyone help?
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09-08-05, 08:46
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... and the back of it
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09-08-05, 08:49
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modern badge
... this one should be a modern one
@Tony: Do you have a clue, in which order the badges were produced? any links? thanx chris
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09-08-05, 19:51
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Re: modern badge
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 : . My apologies, I think I need my eyes checked:idea: .Chris, try here or here.
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