Royal Australian Garrison Artillery badges - circa 1900 to 1912

[slick_mick]

Royal Australian Garrison Artillery badges - circa 1900 to 1912

Hat badge, collar badges and brass titles.



Enjoy!

Mick

[narns1]

hi i have just found a raga title just wondering if they are rare and worth much

as there is next to no information on google

sorry for the original post i was a bit excited

thanks

[slick_mick]

Hi,

Maybe an introduction could be in order first?

Given this is your first post, how about letting us know a bit about you first before asking anonymously for information?

Thanks

Mick

[Artynut]

Ouch Mick, That was a bit harsh!, narns1 maybe like me, an "old fart" who may have difficulty negotiating around (to him) a new site. I also thought I saw somewhere that you don't HAVE to introduce yourself to the forum? Best regards, David J.

[slick_mick]

Sorry mate - I didn't mean to be harsh.

Lets just say I would prefer to see people make a contribution first to the forum via meaningful posts rather than just asking for something first.

Makes the forum a much more useful resource for everyone.



Mick

[fairlie63]

Hi Mick, and any of the other Australian collectors on the forum - I have a question for you.

Has anybody ever seen or held a genuine RAA hat grenade with the GvR cypher on the ball.

I'm asking for a couple of reasons which should become apparent:
1. the GvR badge depicted in Festberg is a photo of a GvR button superimposed over a photo of an EviiR RAA grenade.
2. the badge in Cossum is a photo of the badge in the Bob Gray Collection, Army Museum of SA - more on that later.
3. there is a photograph of a GvR RAA grenade in The Queenslander, article dated 12 March 1931, it appears to be brass.
4. about 2009 I was given a black and white photograph of what appears to be an oxidised GvR RAA grenade in very good condition but with some marks around the neck of the grenade which I am unable to fully identify - regrettably I don't have permission to post that photograph on the forum although I was told at the time it was from the Bob Gray Collection.
5. at about the same time I was told that there had been an Australian badge collector at one of the gun shows showing off a GvR RAA grenade he had picked up from a Bosley's auction. My informant was unable to remember whether it was brass or oxidised.

As RAA badges are part of one of my ongoing projects I decided to follow up on the example in the Bob Gray Collection, believing it to be the oxidised example I had a photo of. I had a friend in Adelaide photograph the badge, he only originally photographed the front, photo of which is attached for comment by members before I go any further.

I might note that the friend was acquainted with Bob Gray and had been given some B&W photographs of all the artillery badges worn in South Australia pre- and post- Federation by Bob. He was able to identify these photographs as being given to him in 1961 and the badge in the attached photo was in Bob's collection in that year!

Keith

[narns1]

Originally Posted by narns1

hi i have just found a raga title just wondering if they are rare and worth much

as there is next to no information on google

sorry for the original post i was a bit excited

thanks

any help would be much appreciated

thanks

corey

[fairlie63]

Hi Corey,

Welcome to the forum.

These are not rare but scarce, being worn from at least 1914-1921 in brass and oxidised copper, and turn up from time to time.

Depending on condition they might be worth from AUD$45-$75 going on the last couple I have picked up.

Keith

[badgecollector]

hi corey
agree with keith. reckon around the $50 mark
what else do you have?
bc

[kingsley]

Thanks Keith for the research on these GeoV badges. Here is a scan of Bob Grey's which I first saw in 1962. It never occurred to me to compare detail with the EdV11 badge beside it. It certainly does not look right either in this picture or in yours. The scan is not very clear (enlarged from a badge board).
I will try to organise a photo of another GeoV badge.
Cossum's book had to use a button with the flames superimposed but I have never actually seen a GeoV button: does anyone have one?