RFC cap badge - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Phillip · #1 27-02-16, 10:43 PM

Hi
I found this in a shoe box of stuff I haven't looked in for years ( about 20 years ? ) Not even sure where I got it . What do you think . A copy ?
Thanks

Phillip · #2 27-02-16, 10:44 PM

The back

Phil2M · #3 27-02-16, 10:51 PM

Looks good to me

Frank Kelley · #4 28-02-16, 09:45 AM

No, not a copy, that lovely orange metal, it would have looked really magnificent when new.

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Originally Posted by Phillip

Hi
I found this in a shoe box of stuff I haven't looked in for years ( about 20 years ? ) Not even sure where I got it . What do you think . A copy ?
Thanks

Bill A · #5 28-02-16, 12:30 PM

It looks good.
Has anyone done research on the makers of RFC badges? I believe there was at least one Canadian maker.

Frank Kelley · #6 28-02-16, 05:00 PM

I would suggest actually more than one!

Bill A · #7 28-02-16, 05:07 PM

Checking the mm's, I think I have found at least 3.

Frank Kelley · #8 01-03-16, 08:49 AM

In many cases, it is not just the size, which is so often rather more than mm, the metals, the loops and completely differing details.

Bill A · #9 01-03-16, 12:06 PM

Sorry, by mm I meant maker marks. Yes, different makers had slightly different dies. Roden and Birks are two, and a third badge was made from a different die but no mkr mrk.

Frank Kelley · #10 01-03-16, 01:57 PM

Oh okay, well you do certainly encounter, on occasion, the odd really superb example totally devoid of any mm, rather than the usual Roden made stuff, but, quite frankly, I like them all.