Czesziafan
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This is a brass badge that I recently acquired, and I would like some help in finding out more about it please. It clearly relates to Class 42 no 824 but I have not been able to find any background information on it.
My own thoughts are:
Can anyone throw any light on this baffling but interesting item?
My own thoughts are:
- the rear fixing is the same as that on BR badges for staff on ER titled trains issued in the early seventies.
- It is not a preservation group production because 824 was never a candidate for preservation
- My own theory (not supported by any evidence) is that it may be a local depot production, made from metal salvaged when the loco was withdrawn, perhaps sold for charitable fundraising or as a souvenir of a visit.
Can anyone throw any light on this baffling but interesting item?