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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).
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
Grenadier Guards Silver-Grey Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Middlesex Regiment Brown Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Silver Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Light Bronze Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Reconnaissance Corps Brown Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Brown Colour Plastic KC. Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Artillery - Grenade Pattern Brown Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers - Black Plastic - V.Rare N Ireland Issue Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Scots Guards Light Bronze Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Suffolk Regiment Light Bronze Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Welch Regiment Light Bronze Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge
Wiltshire Regiment (Duke Of Edinburgh's) Light Bronze Colour Plastic Bakelite plastic cap badge