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Old 03-08-15, 12:19 PM
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Default slidered RA OSD collar
There are no signs of this grenade ever having been lugged. Anyone seen one before?

Rgds, Thomas.
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Old 03-08-15, 02:32 PM
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Strange how these things turn up, I have never seen on Officers Version at all, and before earlier this year I had never seen an ORs version either. Now I have seen 3 ORs and your Officers version.

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Old 03-08-15, 03:11 PM
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Strange how these things turn up, I have never seen on Officers Version at all, and before earlier this year I had never seen an ORs version either. Now I have seen 3 ORs and your Officers version.

Marc
Marc,

That would normally set alarm bells ringing, wouldn't it?

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Old 03-08-15, 03:16 PM
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Strange how these things turn up, I have never seen on Officers Version at all, and before earlier this year I had never seen an ORs version either. Now I have seen 3 ORs and your Officers version.

Marc
Now is that a good or bad thing
I've got an OSD with blades fitted.
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Old 03-08-15, 03:43 PM
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I suppose there is a possibility that they could have been worn by any of the Commonwealth Countries Artillery.

Then again it could be that some one has read that the collar badge was worn in headdress and as a cap badge should have a slider.

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Not Australian.

Didn't Transvaal Horse Artillery wear the OSD badge in their beret during the 60s and 70s?

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Old 03-08-15, 08:04 PM
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British RA wore the grenade collar badge as cap badge during WWII, but lugged, not slidered.

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Looks like a fakers more than a makers variation to me?

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Old 04-08-15, 12:08 AM
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Andy you may well be right, my curiosity got the better of me on this one. The slider is slightly thinner than usual.

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