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DESIGNED AND MADE BY DIAL-A-STYLE (THE BADGE COMPANY WHO CREATED A BEAUTIFULLY MADE SERIES OF OFFICIAL ENAMEL BADGES FOR MADNESS & STIFF RECORDS DURING THE 1980s). THESE WOULD MAKE A FANTASTIC PRESENT FOR ANY MADNESS FAN - OR SIMPLY TREAT YOURSELF! BID NOW AT THIS GREAT PRICE! 9 different handmade Dial-a-Style enamelled metal designs were produced for Madness in the early 1980s in a variety of colours. Enamel badges and cufflinks back then were very different from the items which are mass produced these days by computerised machines in China. It was a very labour intensive process with 10 different stages involved and very skilled craftsmen, not dissimilar to making intricate jewellery. Comparing these early Madness items to modern machine made badges and cufflinks is a bit like comparing a hand drawn cartoon to modern computer animation or say Doc Martens boots made in China to those made in the UK. Here is how these cufflinks would have been made:
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