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Unfortunately (and this is not a swipe at you or your badge, Alan) what cannot be ruled out is the possibility of your badge originally having been a legitimate bi-metal badge that has been blackened in order to deceive.
This scenario must be taken into account with such examples. JT Last edited by Jelly Terror; 11-02-18 at 01:05 PM. Reason: Typo correction |
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Exactly the problem with blackened badges when trying to date them. There exist 2 patterns of bb regular pattern badges post WW1 which have been attributed to TF Bns. I am thinking of the BB post 1920 Queens sheep on a torse that is featured on the Regtl Musem website and also a blackened brass South Lancs with Egypt scroll - the former may have nothing to do with the Tf Bn and the latter may just be a 1916 economy.
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That's interesting. Worth exploring further perhaps. I may be wrong, but I'd assume a blackened 5th Bn. badge would be of greater interest, historical and financial value than would an identical example in all-G/M. In my experience, the former is a rarer beast than the latter, and therefore possibly more sought after generally. This makes sense to me, but may not actually be the case. I can only wonder why anyone would go to the trouble of reversing the blackening process of such a badge, for the purpose of presenting it as, what some might consider, an inferior beast? That said, I have probably missed something obvious again [braces for potential cringe]. |
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In Gaylor's list he includes Kings Liverpool all brass. No such thing but worn bb TF badge might be mistaken for such a thing.
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5213E9C0-E8FC-411A-8070-7AF13EE4DF38.jpeg 42651003-2C7C-4E45-8397-7E4326C5BA62.jpeg Last edited by Jelly Terror; 12-02-18 at 06:44 AM. |
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