Leicestershire Regiment: Looking for authentic Great War cap badge
I recently bought this Leicestershire Regiment Cap Badge from an extremely helpful and friendly gentleman through the internet, who believes it to be from the First World War:
After making a posting about things on the Great War Forum, I was directed here in the hope that members might give me their opinions on the authenticity of the badge. Apparently braze/sweat holes are a good sign that a badge is of an early date, but that their absence does not necessarily preclude a badge from being from the period either.
I have no doubt that the badge is a genuine Leicestershire one, but would really like to know if it is likely to be from the Great War or is actually liable to be a later badge. I have seen a badge already posted elsewhere on the Forum that has a verifiable provenance as coming from the First World War, and the style is not the same as this one, though from what I understand this in itself does not have to rule out the above badge from being from the right period.
One thing I have noticed is that what seem to be the genuine First World War badges have a much stockier kind of tiger (looking to me more like a Scottish Wildcat than a Bengal Tiger!), whereas the one I’ve posted is more lithe in its appearance.
Regards
Martin
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From Hindoostan, Gibraltar and Almanza; to Dunblane, Alma and Brandywine: Tigers, Steelbacks, Dutch Guards, Leather Hats, Nanny Goats and Red Feathers!
Interested in style and variation of post-1893 regimental cap badges for the Leicesters, the Northamptons, the Warwicks, the K.L.R., the R.W.F. and the D.C.L.I.
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Last edited by 'Ticker' Riley; 20-06-09 at 01:46 PM.
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