MN Lapel pins

[Duke Drennan]

https://picclick.co.uk/MERCHANT-NAVY...340513909.html

Here’s a UK website that sells various MN lapel pins, in case any of you are interested.

[j.sabourn]

Hi, Duke, have looked through all the various badges and can’t see the present MN veterans badge, thank goodness for that. The insignia of “ veteran of HM armed forces “ , may make some think twice about selling as most are issued through the appropriate ministry. the MOD. Otherwise every man and his dog would be sporting one ex seafarer or not. We have enough Admirals of the Fleet strolling around when they step ashore off their river pleasure craft. There used to be big fines for impersonating being a member of the armed forces. Like most of the sensible past legislation has disappeared into antiquity. Cheers JS.

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Duke
Nice to see you on site again after it seems like a long spell away or have i missed some posts LOL
Thank you for the Link i am sure there may be quite a few that will possibly use it.
In the past i have been a collector of many sorts of Badges Mercantile oand others i will browsw through the site and see if there are any that may be of interest to me .
Cheers

[Duke Drennan]

Thanks Doc, I do browse from the cheap seats now and then and hear what the old hands have to say.

[cappy]

####got the blue and gold one off my granda ...its a fine MN badge .....it polishes up well .....and stays in my ditty box ....now ditty box is a word i havnt used or heard of for a many years now .....did many others in the 50s and 60s have ditty boxes......many from shields did dont know about others......cappy

[happy daze john in oz]

Thanks Doc, I do browse from the cheap seats now and then and hear what the old hands have to say.

Duke, welcome home.
Thanks for that, have a couple I bought a few years ago but a couple of spares will come in handy.

[Duke Drennan]

Duke, welcome home.
Thanks for that, have a couple I bought a few years ago but a couple of spares will come in handy.

Thanks to John and Doc and those that responded to the intent of the thread title. As I said Doc, I do look in periodically but even after my first thread in a while, I am reminded of reasons I went DBS. How can something as simple as a bloody lapel pin gravitate into what followed.
The mind boggles.

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Duke
Yes mate i fully agree how can this happen,but only because there are those that will not agree by our Site Rules.
Anyway i hope that you will keep n posting ,as i know that you are one that can post some good Threads.
I am closing this for now Duke but i promise it will be opened again after a while,i just want the Thread back to as it should be so a lot od Editing will take place.
After it is back to normal i will have it ReOpened for sure ,as said it is a very good one .
Cheers

[Keith at Tregenna]

Apart from our local branch, my collection began at Tower Hill.

My great grand fathers medals were donated to his home town's
museum about then and though I have inherited my late fathers
medals and collection of badges and his medals, go to much now
fairly incognito and join the many in private tribute and remembrance,

Sadly, will never forget but, worry not far off, may not remember.

Pos, why one does, what one can, when they can.

Lest we Forget.

K.