Object details

Category
Uniforms and insignia
Related period
Interwar (production), Interwar (association), Second World War (association), 1945-1989 (association)
Production date
1938
Materials

Badge: cloth

Catalogue number
INS 3578

Object associations

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badge, master pattern, observer, Royal Air Force
Uniforms and insignia
badge, rank, British, sealed pattern, Royal Air Force, Royal Observer Corps, Master Observer
badge, rank, British, sealed pattern, Royal Air Force, Royal Observer Corps, Master Observer

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