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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 65056, member: 360"]<b><i>"Oy! You! Put that light out! You 'eah me!?" </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11403204_1621149478143532_6448216560892839681_n.jpg?oh=c43b897740ba8ae30473d456218e53c2&oe=562A7267" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11659440_1621149498143530_8663118698503277414_n.jpg?oh=ceac1b8c43c28f662241174ff8f21e9d&oe=562ADAF2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>My research tells me, silver ARP badges were only made from 1924-1939 (15 years). The ARP was disbanded in 1946. That makes me think this thing might be fairly rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, the badges themselves probably aren't too rare. But once the war actually started, silver was understandably in short supply. Maybe more were made in the years 1933/36-1939, due to the war-fever in the air, before rationing probably put silver out of reach. I dunno.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 65056, member: 360"][B][I]"Oy! You! Put that light out! You 'eah me!?" [/I][/B] [IMG]https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11403204_1621149478143532_6448216560892839681_n.jpg?oh=c43b897740ba8ae30473d456218e53c2&oe=562A7267[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11659440_1621149498143530_8663118698503277414_n.jpg?oh=ceac1b8c43c28f662241174ff8f21e9d&oe=562ADAF2[/IMG] My research tells me, silver ARP badges were only made from 1924-1939 (15 years). The ARP was disbanded in 1946. That makes me think this thing might be fairly rare. I mean, the badges themselves probably aren't too rare. But once the war actually started, silver was understandably in short supply. Maybe more were made in the years 1933/36-1939, due to the war-fever in the air, before rationing probably put silver out of reach. I dunno.[/QUOTE]
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