It was our 25th year as the R.A.T.S. on January 19th 2019 and I sent off to have a special commemorative, one-off, 25th Anniversary badge produced. This was based on the circular design I did a few years back (see below). The only change to this design was obviously the dates / text to commemorate our *Silver Anniversary*.
The badges were produced by our supplier, the excellent Black Dragon Badges, and the order went in, (2nd Jan 2018)
The image shown, (below), was the 'working design' I did for Andy at 'Black Dragon'. The actual badge will not be as detailed and all text / dates etc will be in 'silver'.
Cheers ... Dave (R.A.T.S.)
PS : I was hoping to have a badge produced for our 30th Anniversary, but 'Black Dragon' only keep their actual badge dies for around 3 years ... if you don't order within that time they destroy the design. Although I have the design ready made up for production, it meant I had to pay a rather hefty, (hefty for this pensioner !), setting up fee once again alongside the cost of several hundred (???) new badges ! Sadly the idea was dropped.
The badges were produced by our supplier, the excellent Black Dragon Badges, and the order went in, (2nd Jan 2018)
The image shown, (below), was the 'working design' I did for Andy at 'Black Dragon'. The actual badge will not be as detailed and all text / dates etc will be in 'silver'.
Cheers ... Dave (R.A.T.S.)
PS : I was hoping to have a badge produced for our 30th Anniversary, but 'Black Dragon' only keep their actual badge dies for around 3 years ... if you don't order within that time they destroy the design. Although I have the design ready made up for production, it meant I had to pay a rather hefty, (hefty for this pensioner !), setting up fee once again alongside the cost of several hundred (???) new badges ! Sadly the idea was dropped.