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and thank you sir!
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Obviously Group D trades took a big cull between 1944 and 1950.
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I picked up some badges a few years ago that appeared to relate to the Artillery (a standard cap badge,etc.). The material looked to be WW1 and there may have been an OWS 1915 badge along with an SWB.
What has had me a little puzzled were two badges that were a brass wreath with a hand-cut capital letter "P" attached by two bars across the open wreath. The other one could be a "B" but I'd not swear to this and will have to hunt them out working to the rule that a picture is better than a vague description! Was wondering if "P" might be "PLOTTER"? |
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Whatever else, the P badge is not official Great War issue.
A picture would help of course. P plotter existed from 1936, Plotter etc, but the official material was worsted. |
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Here are the photos of the badges. I've included the Artillery cap badge just for the purposes of scale, although they did all turn up as a "lot", hence my feelings that the "P" badges might relate to this unit. I'm fairly sure that there was an OWS 1915 badge and something else that grabbed my attention at the time, making these just a bit of an "extra". I sincerely doubt that they are hugely valuable and probably more of a "curio" than anything. The "P" appears to be a "one-off" and you can see that they don't even match. Thoughts? |
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My opinion, for what little it is worth, is that the P badges were indeed RA Plotter, period WW II, crafted in the unit workshops.
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Many thanks for that. So I was right about the "PLOTTER" bit, but just got the wrong period? Possible therefore that the "owner" was a WW1 veteran who had postwar service? I can't swear that there wasn't an SWB also with this lot and that it wasn't an Artillery man. Like as not, I would have not made the "link" and put the cap badges, etc. in one place and the SWB in another. Either that or it was just a bit of a "grab bag" lot of badges that ended up on eBay.... |
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Whilst we are on this i may as well ask.
A Guards CSM has a pair of cross swords on his rank badge . Is he a AIPTI or Swordsmanship Instructor ? Does he actually have to do the course,or is he given it as a rank privilige as a Sgt would get an arm badge ? |
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Grenadier Guards
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In certain orders of dress the crossed swords form part of the badges of rank of the Grenadier Guards. Here is a WO2 Drum Major and the badges of a Colour Sergeant. Tim
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Thats exactly the thing i meant but which trade do they represent ?
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None, it is a traditional part of the rank badges worn by Grenadier Guards Colour Sergeants and Warrant Officers Class 2.
Perhaps the former Grenadier Guardsmen on the Forum can explain why it is worn? Tim
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I am still looking for British Army cloth Formation, Regimental, Battalion, Company and other Unit sleeve badges, from 1980 onwards. Last edited by 54Bty; 30-08-21 at 07:09 PM. Reason: Same answer |
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