Tag: armed forces

Tag Archive: armed forces

RAF Association

Gift	Yes
Size	42 x 11mm
Date	2019
Fastening	Button

A present from a beer festival no less.

Red Arrows

Event	Biggin Hill Festival of Flight, Biggin Hill Airport
Size	41 x 10mm
Date	2018
Fastening	Button

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RAF

Event	Biggin Hill Festival of Flight, Biggin Hill Airport
Size	16 x 25mm
Date	2018
Fastening	Button

Celebrating one hundred years of the RAF.

Philippine Military Academy

Place	Philippine Military Academy, Baguio
Size	31mm
Date	2017
Fastening	Button (x 2)

The badge is an army one.

The King’s Royal Hussars

Place	HorsePower museum, Winchester
Size	17mm
Date	2014
Fastening	Button

The museum of The Kings’s Royal Hussars.

The Mary Rose

Place	The Mary Rose, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth
Size	55mm
Date	1990s
Fastening	Pin

When I went back to see the Mary Rose a second time they had changed the badge slightly.

Significant dates in the life of the Mary Rose are as follows:

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Welch Regiment Museum

Place	The Welch Regiment Museum, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Size	43mm
Date	1980s
Fastening	Safety pin

Despite many hours spent in Cardiff, I think we only made it into the castle the once.

Royal Marines Museum (again)

Place	Royal Marines Museum, Southsea
Size	18mm
Date	2013
Fastening	Button

I’ve been to this museum before but they’ve updated the badge. This time we saw Daleks and Cybermen too.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment

Place	The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment Museum, Salisbury
Size	38mm
Date	1980s
Fastening	Pin

Royal Marines Museum

Place	Royal Marines Museum, Southsea
Size	30mm
Date	1980s
Fastening	Pin

HM Submarines

Place	Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Portsmouth
Size	18mm
Date	2012
Fastening	Button

HMS Victory

Place	HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth
Size	28mm
Date	1980s
Fastening	Pin

One of my first badges from a place I have since been back to many times.

Badges: 13