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The "other ranks" of the RNAS Armoured Car division wore a small (about 1.25" dia) bronze badge on their right lapel, the badge depicted an armoured car and the letters "RNAS".
These things crop up every week on e-bay, always described as "RNAS Armoured Car Division cap badges". There are far more out there than were ever struck for what was relatively small unit. I.e. there are lots of fakes!!
At the rear, they all seem to have the "regulation" two eyes through which a large "split pin" (for want of a better word) is used to secure them - just like an RFC cap badge in fact.
The badge in my collection has a "spring clip" as the securing method - now which method is correct? Are all the e-bay badges correct and I have the only fake in the world?
I would have thought that if someone were going to fake these things, the split pin methodology would be much easier to fabricate than the clip on my badge.
Mike
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