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Old 31-01-18, 12:43 AM
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Default Some badges I've been meaning to post

Finally, here are the two badges I've been meaning to post which came up in discussion a couple of months ago. I can't find the original posts so I've started a new one. The first is for grenadierguardsman and is the Fifeshire Artillery Volunteers, forage cap (pre-1902), general pattern, WM, as for Grenadier Guards (KK838). The second is the Wiltshire Regiment, Officers’, BM.

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Old 31-01-18, 08:11 AM
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David,
I suspect that the Wiltshire Regiment is a Birmingham Mint product,

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hp?albumid=767

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Not an officers badge [collecting to the Wiltshires for 45 years ] Agree with Tim Birmingham mint or other collectors market issue I have one in my collection also
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The first badge is the generic pattern for the whole of the UK Volunteer Artillery pre-1902 and NOT just Fifeshire.

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Thanks guys for your comments. I will now have to correct my catalogue with the changes.

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Thanks guys for your comments. I will now have to correct my catalogue with the changes.

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Thanks David for sharing that white metal luged grenade, i have a slivered one.
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