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Offline wombat

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Help: Can't find the Manchester Badges.
« on: February 19, 2014, 12:26:11 PM »
Last year I found a link to all the Manchester Cap Badges, but now, for some reason the only badges I can bring up are the VB's and the shoulder titles, (eg 24th Type).
If anyone can give me the link again, I would be grateful.

Wombat,
James.
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timberman

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Re: Help: Can't find the Manchester Badges.
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2014, 11:02:57 PM »
Hi James

The web site you are on about no longer exists.


But
I'm in the process of loading all the pictures of the badges

here.

http://themanchesters.org/forum/index.php?board=71.0

I'll do them as soon as I can.

Timberman

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Re: Help: Can't find the Manchester Badges.
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2014, 09:22:06 PM »
James

is there a specific badge you are looking for?

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Offline wombat

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Re: Help: Can't find the Manchester Badges.
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2014, 12:31:08 PM »
Hello Chris,

Yes, I would particularly like to see an original 6th VB. Over my many years of collecting to the Manchester's, (Oldham), I have become some-what of an expert in 6th VB Repro's! I even have a repro with a slide stamped Gaunt's of London.
It would be nice to own an original, but I'll settle for a good photo.

Thanks for asking,
James.
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timberman

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Re: Help: Can't find the Manchester Badges.
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2014, 10:44:41 PM »
Sadly the photo I posted earlier was a Repro
but as I'm not an expert I did not realize.

The first photo below is taken from the main site

http://www.themanchesters.org/VB%20badges.htm

The second one is the one I posted earlier
a bit of difference :)

Timberman

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Re: Help: Can't find the Manchester Badges.
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2014, 12:57:38 PM »
Timberman,

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to show the two badges for comparison.
I think you really need to be able to see and handle the badge before making a decision. I bought my first one in the 70's and I acquired  another a couple of weeks ago, making four in all. That's about one every ten years, so I wouldn't say I was being rash, or buying in haste, yet I have still managed to end up with 4 repro's ::) :'(

Thanks again,
James.
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Re: Help: Can't find the Manchester Badges.
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2014, 01:50:43 PM »
Hello Timberman,

Thanks for the links, I have bookmarked both but I think I have one of them obviously from the same source.

Thanks again,
James.
WANTED: Any information or photographs of members of the Oldham Corps, SJAB Boer War.