A genuine Tyne & Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade 1977 to 2004 cap badge ERROR ISSUE manufactured by London Badge & Button Company of Northamptonshire, official suppliers to the brigade. This cap badge has been manufactured upside down & a small batch were issued before the error could be corrected. A genuine ERROR badge in great original condition, the enamel star attached to the signifactly distinguishable Tyne On Wear Fire Brigade star, both cap fixing lugs intact to the rear of the cap badge.