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Stafford
I was gifted the attached Stafford insignia in 1997/8 courtesy of an acquaintance who had access to the Regiment (if that makes sense).
I am reappraising my collectables but cannot find the notes I made at the time concerning this acquisition. My query concerns the different collar pairs. One set has Holland cloth backing and is smaller than the other set. Can I be enlightened please about the significance of this? Has it to do with amalgamation or rank? Thanks GTB |
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The Holland cloth should be there, but it does come separately. A friend of mine has a piece in a bag which you were apparently issued or given to make the backings.
Remember, the badge from the OR`s waist belt plate is also a collar badge but that had a black backing to it . |
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The badges are precisely as they came to me, from the Staffords stores.
I am still waiting for identification of the 2 types of collar badges. Churchill hasn't been helpful, may I add. GTB |
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The two pairs shown are just manufacturers or die variants . Do you mean the original Staffords collar that was replaced around 1970 ? The top pair shown in the image ?
There is a produced sheet that explains why the collar badge design was changed . I know of at least one forum member that has a copy. Note,the backing to the cap badge came glued in place. Whereas the backings to the collars have been added on and are loose behind the badges. |
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If the backing is glued to original cap badges, does that mean cap badges without backing are fakes?
Rgds, Thomas. |
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Unfinished perhaps? Regards, Chris |
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A pair I have, acquired from 1 Stafford's store at Ebrington Barracks in 1979 are backed with brown paper cut from envelopes or similar.
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I am actually referring to the two different collar pairs in my scan. I doubt they are merely manufacturers variations as they were placed in the package to make up a representative set of insignia. One pair comes with synthetic 'Holland' backings, the other doesn't. And the pair with backings is of a smaller size than the other. All backings have been stuck to the backs of the badges. The larger collars (w/o backing) are stamped 'L. B & B'. The cap badge has what appears as basket-weave canvas backing, and the shoulder titles have a black felt backing. |
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Some years ago,the guy who sold surplus in Stafford had a box full of JR Gaunt Bham badges,all with the backing glued on. |
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