hi all can anyone help please with these six bages boot fair fined

hi all can anyone help please with these six bages boot fair fined i got these at a boot fair at the week end the irish badge is only about 1 inch across and has a gaunt tab the general service badge with the silder looks very big the onther one with the loin and unicorn looks like a helmet plate of some sort one looks german one like a buckle the other one has king william 111 1688-90 thanks for any help in advance

[irishhorse]

King William III is an Orange Order badge.

[Sonofacqms]

Item 5 is a General Service cap badge.

Rob

Originally Posted by irishhorse

King William III is an Orange Order badge.

thanks for that is the badge any good is it a old one

[irishhorse]

Think they are still worn.

[norfolk regt man]

this one sold on e bay last week, for 12.50 and I was the under bidder.

[ebro]

Unfortunately King Billy's sword has been snapped off that one.

hi it will be going back on Ebay to and i didnt pay 12.50 for it

[ebro]

They are still worn in memory of King William's battle of the Boyne defeat of King James in 1690.
They are still sold as per the link,
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ORANGE-LODGE-...2mJRAzF8ExRRog

[peter monahan]

The first badge, with 'Irish Elegance' and 'Parfum Captivant' is an odd one. The Latin translates as something like 'Imprisoned/Trapped Fragrance' and is the name of at least one brand of perfume, while 'irish Elegance' is both a tea and a rose strain so... ? Probably not military?

[Mike Jackson]

The fourth badge looks like a typical German tinny - but there's no Nazi association in the design. Why 1914-1917 and what is the expansion of 16 HGY (?) E. probably the most significant event of 1917 as far as Germany was concerned was that following the revolution and the rise of the Bolsheviks, Russia dropped out of the War.
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[Marcus H]

Originally Posted by Mike Jackson

The fourth badge looks like a typical German tinny - but there's no Nazi association in the design. Why 1914-1917 and what is the expansion of 16 HGY (?) E. probably the most significant event of 1917 as far as Germany was concerned was that following the revolution and the rise of the Bolsheviks, Russia dropped out of the War.
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Well, interestingly enough it's technically a cap badge, as I believe it's an Austro-Hungarian 'Kappenabzeichen' worn mostly to one side of the head-dress.

There were dozens of these things commentating a multitude of events from Christmas on the Front to other more symbolic and patriotic designs - that's my limited understanding anyway.

16 H. GY E.

One possible interpretation:'H' (Honved), 'GY' (Infantry) and 'E' (Regiment); so, 16th Honved Infantry Regiment, or the Hungarian, 16th Royal Army Infantry Regiment - think 'Landswehr' in a sense as the German counterpart.

It's something similar and close to the above, but then again I could easily be barking up the wrong tree, too.

Best,

Marcus