Research Assistance Requested: 1946 Montreal Royals Ring

Found this conversation on a British Badges Forum, about "BP & CO Bham" Canadian badges.

To a question posed by Canadian Badge Collector Alan O. "Would a fake bother to put the "BP & CO" stamp on the slider (of a badge)?" Not sure what he's referring to by a slider. Perhaps someone more versed in badges could answer.

Forum member Nick Mugford responded "BP & Co Birmingham was a genuine mark but rather rare and has been faked." Not sure if this has any relevance towards the 1946 ring but an interesting note. Got more time tonight, will continue research.

Here's the convo, about half way down first page is the reference.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hp/t-1809.html
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/mak...arker_&_co.htm

Admittedly this may be a dead end, but here's a brief summary of the "BP & CO" stamp on british/canadian badges. According to it, the BP & CO stamp was once thought to be Bent & Parker but has since been re-identified as Bodill Parker & Company, Birmingham England. Good news they're still in business after 150 years; they make grommets, eyelits, and rings. I've attached their website below. I'd imagine they have record of manufacturing such a ring with specifics such as how many were made, date of delivery, etc... Probably not the newspaper article with photos you were looking for, but hope this helps.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/mak...arker_&_co.htm
http://www.bodill-parker.co.uk/home.aspx