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Re: British Union of Fascists badge?
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EddyR;
Thanks guys I'm learning at lot.RE the piece from the Fascist Bulletin dated March 1925, I've looked at the web site of Mircoform the company which sells CD's (or used to, you now have to buy a licence) of some of the publications held by the British Newspaper Library. I note they are advertising the Fascist Bulletin (The Bulletin) from June 1925, so I assume the newspaper library haven't got earlier copies. Incidentally, the publication isn't mine and is in a private collection.Sorry I seem to be going off at a tangent, I'm just looking through my memory sticks and finding stuff I saved years ago.Firstly a stewards ticket for the Earls Court Rally, and a letter from the BUF Trust.
Eddy, I checked the British Library newspaper catalogue, which supports your surmise that it doesn't have the earliest copies of the BF paper. However, Copac National, Academic and Specialist Library Catalogue, which searches most of the main academic libraries and the BL, shows that it is in the Bodleian at Oxford. I don't own all of the things that I have shown in this thread, they have often been things that I have had access to for research or for other reasons. I love the digital camera as a research tool as it means you can have a big archive at your fingertips whilst the rare or unique and irreplaceable originals are kept safe for posterity in archival conditions.
I especially like that steward’s pass – note the stern injunction against wearing any find of uniform, including a normal shirt in black ‘the undress Blackshirt’. My understanding is that even after the Public Order Act many members got away with wearing a black shirt with their jacket and tie. Mosley was shown wearing a shirt like this. However, I guess that on this occasion BU wanted to avoid any hint of trouble with the Police. Returning to the black shirts as a garment, once they were no longer available from Abbey Supplies, the BU company which issued uniforms etc, they were hard to get – inevitably the demand for such shirts among the normal population was quite limited. In response, members sometimes used to dye an ordinary shirt.
I will have a look on my hard drive and other records for some other interesting things to post. If anyone has any suggestions of what they would be interested it seeing just say – I might have it!
Philip
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07-17-2013 06:27 PM
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Re: British Union of Fascists badge?
Thoroughly enjoyed this informative thread.
Although primarily covering UM, Jeffrey Hamm´s papers are housed at Birmingham University.
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Re: British Union of Fascists badge?
I agree Philip, the speakers list on the menu card is fascinating! Thank you for posting
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Re: British Union of Fascists badge?
Something I've never seen Philip, I've seen the earlier versions of the menu cards for the years 1934 and 1936, but nothing as late as this. Interesting names mentioned including the man from the MI5 P.G.Taylor. I didn't know that William Joyce wrecked the BU student group at the University of London, although I believe the NSL had student group of its own.
Re Jeffrey Hamm papers being housed at Birmingham University, I guess this is what was left in their Tooting office when it was closed down. I know the Mosley family papers are there.
Thanks also for the info on the IWM armband, I've always wondered about it, as it seemed so poor quality.
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In case anyone is tempted to buy one of these so-called BUF armbands on Ebay, I understand they are fake !!!
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Re: British Union of Fascists badge?
Yes, as Eddy says, these should be deemed fake. What I know of the origins of these makes me quite confident that they are not originals.
Besides this knowledge of their provenance, it might also be observed how incredibly clean they are for items more than seventy years old. I have an original which also differs significantly from this item by being elasticated at the back - I don't know if any of the original brassards were made with press studs.
The original source of these fake brassards also produced a replica of the famous BUF 'fencing jacket' style black shirt. I'm afraid that these are pretty much indistinguishable from the original - so if anyone is ever contemplating buying such a shirt they need to be VERY careful, especially as these are rare and go for a lot of money.
Philip
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