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    You might well bump into some ex-soldier sometime, somewhere asking you quite sincerely when you were in and where did you serve. Then you would feel awkward. Best to avoid it. The same goes for a blazer badge of any military unit eg USMC, Foreign Legion etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
    ...As a general rule of thumb a blazer badge says one of two things, either -

    "This is what I belong to."

    or

    "This is what I used to belong to."

    It does not say "This is what I support". That is what lapel pins are for.Chas
    It's hard to improve on such succinct eloquence. Instead, I will get to the more important part of this post,...

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    Thanks

    Thanks everyone for your useful advice, and welcome!


    Cheers!

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    Welcome to XMarks from Eastern Washington State USA. Glad you found your badge.
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