Hello list ! Thankyou very much for your replies to my Message relating to the badges( Wives/Mothers of servicemen ) which have opened up some additional lines of enquiry. I also appreciate the direction to the page relating to Civilian Badges .. Thanks Ted! http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/civilian2.htm Another particular " Badge" which has not yet been properly Identified Is What appears to be like a Bronze "Maltese Cross" beneath an "older style" Crown A graphic of which can be found at.. http://www.vicnet.net.au/~whitehaj/Badge01.jpg I would be most interested in information about this Badge. Regards John -- John Whitehand Melbourne; AUSTRALIA +61(0)3 93145307 http://www.vicnet.net.au/~whitehaj/welcome.htm Ambition is ultimately destructive--There's only room for ONE "at the top." Co-operation achieves... Competition destroys!