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    Post by Battalion Colours Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:13 pm

    I saw this interesting WW I group on ebay and thought other forum members would like to see it as well:


    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Extremely-Rare-WW1-Badges-Cloth-Flashes-72nd-Btn-3-ASP-231-Btn-3rd-MT-Coy-Etc-/320827582858?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab2d0698a#ht_3612wt_1323


    "This is an awesome and extremely rare display of one soldiers WW1 service. The soldier was "1015104 Pte. Edward Spiers Matthews". He served with the following units : "72nd Battalion / Seaforth Highlanders" and "231st Battalion / Seaforth Highlanders" as well as the "3rd Motor transport Company" and the "3rd ASP / Ammunition Sub Park / CASC / Canadian Army Service Corps". Pte Matthews cut out a piece of his WW1 tunic and put together an amazing display including some super rare pairs of cloth flashes. The dispaly consists of the following items :

    1. CASC Cap badge / pair of Collar badges / pair of Shoulder Titles.

    2. 3 ASP Cap badge / pair of collar badges / super rare matching pair of cloth flashes

    3. 3rd Motor Transport pair of collars / Super rare pair of matching cloth flashes

    4. 72nd Btn shoulder title

    5. 231st Btn Cap badge

    6. Medal Pair named to Matthews WW1 War & Victory Medal

    7. 4 Canada titles

    8. 2 Dog Tags named to Matthews

    9. Canada General service Cap Badge / pair of collar badges / 6 buttons

    10. 2 Legion pins

    11. Miniature hand grenade device with pictures of General inside.

    12. YMCA collar badge"

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    Post by bourlonwood Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:13 am

    Hi

    I was interessed by this group but price was too high for me
    Here a detail of the 3rd ASP patches
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    Post by sixxpackjack Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:12 pm

    Its a very nice collection, Im sure the new owner will enjoy it. The final price surprised me

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