If I am remembering correcly, in 1969 W&A drums used the glued on foil badges. My 1963 W&A set has the metsl badges. My 1967 and 1972 W&A sets have the foil badges. Good luck finding them.

It will be tough to find them, for sure. The one I have is round metal, and a crush type device intrudes through the blow hole, then you fan out the many seperate "wings' to hold it fast. I have a '64 set too, and that one may have come from it. I have put it on the refurbished rack tom.

Here are a couple of pictures that may help to show the difference between the two types of badges.

The Gold Glass Glitter drum set is from 1963. The badge is a ridgid metal (aluminum?) circle with stamped and painted logo. It is held in place with a metal grommet. The drum badge lists Worcester, Mass. as the (original) factory location.

The Blue Glass Glitter drum set is from the latest date I have seen on a Walberg & Auge drum set--1972. The floor tom for my other 1965 W&A drum set has a 1970 floor tom that has the same type badge as this 1972 set. The badge is made of a thin foil sticker (aluminum foil?) that is glued to the shell, and further secured in place with a metal grommet. You can see that the foil badge has a little area at the 7 o'clock position where the foil has lifted up a little bit. I would not think of trying to remove a foil badge from one of the drums unless the piece of wrap it is adhered to is also removed. Otherwise, the foil badge would be ruined. The foil badges list Auburn, Mass, (the newer factory) on it. The foil badges remind me of the Rogers Big R sticker badges from the '70s.

nice looking badges!

Here's a picture of the one I have. Do your W&A's have the maker's initials and date in them? RGB 11/69 is inside all three drums I have.

My '66 W&A Black Oyster Pearl kit has the initials and date inside of unpainted shells with the metal Worcester badge.

My W&A Gold Glitter drums have silver painted Jasper shells, no initials or date inside and the Auburn, Mass. badge. I think they are from the early

70's, they have a 12" and 13" rack tom.

My dad and I picked up both the 1964 set and then this '69 kit in Worcester at the factory. This "RGB" person built and initialed both but, I never met the person. I finished the floor tom yesterday. Now, only the 22" bass remains to be finished. My gig on the 14th of July will be the first for this kit in a very long time!

A discussion topic: For accuracy I am installing the original internal mufflers, but I most likely won't use them. What is the common thing to do? Some old school things went away for good reason, right?

All W&A drums that I have seen from the mid 1950's through my 1972 set have the RGB and date hand written in ink with the exception of one drum in my 1965 set. I am a big advocate of internal mufflers to subtly tweak my desired sound and tone from drums. The nay-sayers come up with all kinds of "yeah-but" reasoning for removing the mufflers. They usually say that the mufflers rattle. So does every other part of the drum that is not properly tightened or otherwise quieted down by knowing how to do it. The real story is that internal mufflers were discontinued when drum makers determined that they could sell a drum for the same price if they left off the $5 part and the cost of installation of that same part. They automatically increased their profits by $20-$100 on a four piece set without needing to increase the price of the drums. The advertising hype led consumers to believe that removing a versatile amenity would "improve" the drums.

Yep. You certainly don't find any internal mufflers on any new kits, and haven't in a long while. Can't rule out "tweaking" with them. I recall using felt strips internally back in the day.