RE or RA

[fougasse1940]

RE collar badges:
1 OR's universal grenade collar 1880-1922
2 ten flamed OSD 1902-1922
3 nine flamed OSD 1922-present
4 OR's collar 1922-present, replaced with same pattern A/A collar in the mid 1950's

Rgds, Thomas.

[54Bty]

Originally Posted by fougasse1940

RA collar badges:
1 OR's universal grenade collar 1880-1914 1924-1926. Cap badge 1890-1902
2 OSD seven flamed collar 1902-present. Cap badge 1939-1943
3 OR's nine flamed RE pattern collar 1926-1928
4 OR's seven flamed collar 1928-1941 and 1950 to the the introduction of the A/A collar badge. Cap badge 1941-1947
5 plastic economy collar badge 1942-194? Cap badge 1942-1947
6 A/A collar badge mid 1950's -present

Rgds, Thomas.

May I ask where you obtained your dates, please?

Marc

[fougasse1940]

2x Campbell, Hodges and N. Litchfield in Crown Imperial.

Rgds, Thomas.

[Charlie 585]

Good stuff and a lot learned,

Well done Irv and thank you Thomas for taking the time and trouble to share your research and images. It seems that my RE collection wasn't quite as complete as I had hoped though I wasn't at all unhappy with it at the time

Regards to all.

Ry