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Good afternoon gents,

I thought I might start a new subject thread for my 1000th post and I couldn’t find this subject in particular (sorry if there is one, maybe we might amalgamate if appropriate) so here goes;

Like many collections of British cap badges mine began with infantry of the line, cavalry, yeomanry etc etc and I admit I overlooked the ladies in uniform to an extent despite serving alongside many during my career in green.

However, I have recently gone a long way to redressing the imbalance and have found that there are more than enough womens badges to represent as a sub-section in my collection and wondered if it might be useful to start a general discussion on the different badges and the services they represent over the relatively short evolution (100 years really) to the present day where the girls are mostly integrated with their male colleagues. I am sure many collectors are / have been at the same point in their collecting so please show the badges you have and duplication is not to be avoided, the more the merrier.

In no particular time order here is one to start, a rececent acquisition and hastily snapped here with a hand held camera (better pics with the next ones).

Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps (1918 - 1920) followed on from The Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (1917 - 1918) and this is a light bronze (as opposed to brass) example in very good condition;

Regards

Mark

More to follow so let’s see what other members have to show.

PS If anybody can point me in the direction of a decent Kings Crown QARANC badge I should be grateful.

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100 years…..

I picked this up from a collector a little while ago, as a Norwegian repainted and refurbished but WW2 produced Stahlhelm. It is clear where the Norwegian army decals were on the sides, I’m not sure what happened to them. On the inside I can see some markings in the helmet, but I don’t know what they mean - my knowledge on Stahlhelm ID’s and all that isn’t great at all.

If anyone could tell me what these ID’s mean (or anything else about this lid in general), I would really appreciate it!

It looks like in some places, some of the green Nord paintjob has been scratched away to reveal the original feldgrau paint? I could be wrong there though. Regardless, I’m very happy with this lid and how it displays!

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by: porta

Description: Goodmorning all,

I am currently looking for: Leaders & Personalities Of The Third Reich: Their Biographies, Portraits & Autographs VOL 2 (ISBN:0-912138-66-1) by Charles Hamilton

Let me know if you have obe for sale.

Kind regards,
Rick

War Relics Militaria sales

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Here is my civic DRK, it is a bit beat up, it is missing a pin and was very dry when I first got it to the point the leather and cork was all on the verge of falling apart, but it has been in a properly stored location and has stabilized nicely.

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