No no no no no no - not embossed but engraved. That is to say, made by an engraver chappie carving a copper plate to be used.
Real printers' ink too, so the indentation of the engraving gives the printing a raised nature which can be detected (as can its absence) by the surreptitious running of a fingernail across the card under investigation.
Pshaw to "embossed", I'm disappointed in you PN, and particularly you O-D.
Printed, embossed, engraved, chiselled, or whatever .....my card was marked from the start......
Teeters, don't know why, but all your theatricals here suddenly sparked a scary memory of you wearing a bright red soldier's uniform, playing a leading role in an open air play. "Far from the Madding crowd", I think it was, must have been 1984!
Siseman,
A hat was still on the joining instructions for OCTU at Henlow in '76. Never wore it once
I wore mine once, got told never again. It was a Derby County bobble hat with a pom-pom, an' all. Bastards; must have supported some other team.
(P.s. You and I must have been at OCTU around the same time, 310 course in my case
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