United Kingdom. A Mine Clearance Service Badge, c.1919 Auction Archive Footnote: The cape badge was

Footnote: The cape badge was instituted in 1921 upon the formation of the Territorial Army Nursing Service (TANS) and was used until 1950 when the TANS was incorporated in the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC)

The battalion served amongst the corps troops and was employed in the central district of Cape Colony

exhibiting moderate bubbling and contact marks on the exterior

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United Kingdom. A Mine Clearance Service Badge, c.1919 Auction Archive Footnote: The cape badge wasIn white metal, featuring a moored mine encircled by a wreath, topped with a Kings Crown, and bearing the inscription MINE CLEARANCE SERVICE at the base, the reverse is voided with both lugs intact, measures 56 mm (w) x 82. 4 mm (h), worn on a strip of dark blue cloth, no seams on the obverse, light wear and corrosion on the reverse, in very fine condition. Footnote: At the end of the First World War, the Admiralty appointed an International Mine