RFA (Royal Field Artillery) - Top-Joined Letters 43mm Wide - Pre-1924...
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Waist Belt Hook For Tunic Brass Stable Belt, belt-plate or buckle
United Services Corps 26mm - Pre-1975 Anodised Aluminium Civilian...
Police General Pattern - Crown With Scalloped Edge 20.5mm - Black Horn...
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German Army 21mm - Modern Brass Military uniform button
WW2 Army plastic cap badges: Bakelite wartime economy issue for sale. World War II introduced the concept of 'Total War', where every activity in Britain was concentrated towards the 'war effort'. In order to 'save brass to make bullets', military cap badgesand buttons were made from a type of plastic called Bakelite. They were not popular wi...
WW2 Army plastic cap badges: Bakelite wartime economy issue for sale. World War II introduced the concept of 'Total War', where every activity in Britain was concentrated towards the 'war effort'. In order to 'save brass to make bullets', military cap badgesand buttons were made from a type of plastic called Bakelite. They were not popular with soldiers, who would often throw them away if they could get an older brass badge as a replacement. These plastic cap badges have now become quite rare. They can be accurately dated to WW2, only had short life-span and have become very collectable as a result.
The word Bakelite comes from its inventor LH Baekeland (1863-1944).
Army Air Corps Light Bronze Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Army Catering Corps Brown Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Auxiliary Territorial Service On Slider Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Light Bronze Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Corps Of Military Police Brown Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
General Service Corps Brown Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Pioneer Corps Brown Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Silver Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Reconnaissance Corps Brown Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Army Medical Corps Brown Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Brown Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Army Service Corps - Brown Colour A Stanley & Sons Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Army Service Corps - Brown Colour F & G (makers) Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Artillery - Grenade Pattern Brown Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Corps Of Signals Brown Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers - Black Plastic - V.Rare N Ireland Issue Plastic QC. Bakelite plastic cap badge