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David Caunt	11/02/2022 22:02:58
110 forum posts 40 photos	I got mine in 1958 at Cardington. Can't find it now but that link showed it exactly as it was given to me.
old mart	11/02/2022 22:27:42
4655 forum posts 304 photos	The design probably dates from before the RAF, the fancy shapes on the sides look like they were originally for ceremonial army uniforms with lots of extra brass.
Clive Hartland	11/02/2022 22:35:51
2929 forum posts 41 photos	The button stick was no use after we were issued with the anodised buttons on uniforms instead of brass buttons. Every part of the button stick had a use, It had to be polished as well. God help you if it was not! As a 26 years veteran I know!
john carruthers	16/02/2022 08:59:21
617 forum posts 180 photos	As a kid I would earn my pocket money by cleaning my old man's brass , an RM band sergeant, lots of blanco and brasso. I used various bits of card cut to shape mainly to keep the brasso off me as the various badges all dismantled with split pins and plates behind, or unscrewed. The pith helmet with its chin strap, Brunswick star and globe on top could take a morning Picking out the cast brass lettering with a pin

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