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26-03-15, 10:08 AM
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Great War Household Cavalry
Gentlemen,
I bought this locally today, whilst I'm happy with it, I've often wondered why there were so many differing badges, on blades, on sliders and on lugs, brass and bronze for other ranks and so on, yes, I know there were worn for quite a long time, but, the three regiments were certainly not huge ones. 
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26-03-15, 02:26 PM
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2LG were my grandfathers regiment. It looks fine to me. Lifeguards took to the use of a badge late-and this badge ceased to be used in the early 1920's, so not worn for long. I understand some ORs badges started life with blades for officers and had the fittings altered. Regards, Paul.
Last edited by wardog; 26-03-15 at 02:32 PM.
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26-03-15, 03:25 PM
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Frank,
yes a nice genuine example IMO. These would have been worn probably as late as 1928, possibly longer. As despite what is written in some reference books, on merger the Squadrons continued to wear their original badges and there was NOT a 1&2 LG badge worn by OR's  .It was not until c.1928 that the 1st and 2nd Life Guards accepted the fact that the merger in 1922 was a permanent arrangement and a generic cap badge was produced! Andy
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26-03-15, 03:42 PM
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Those are all excellent points, the wearing of such badges in undress by the LG was very late in comparison with other regiments. Throughout the 1890s they wore instead shoulder titles, complete with number.
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26-03-15, 08:34 PM
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it would be interesting to see the content of that particular ADC entry? The HC badges were S/G & En for the post 1920 Officers and WO's badges and Gm for OR's, I do have an OSD finish HC badge but this is sat in my dubious box! Best Regards Andy Last edited by 2747andy; 26-03-15 at 08:47 PM.
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03-04-15, 08:20 AM
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Hello Paul,
Officers wore die cast bronze badges with blades on their service dress, the rank and file wore die struck badges in brass, on occasion, with a bronze finish, on blades, on lugs and of course on sliders, I've never really understood why this was. Did your grandfather serve after the Great War or actually in it and if so, did he survive it? Regards Frank Quote:
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08-10-15, 07:45 PM
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I'm sceptical that there were any genuine "lugged" 1LG, 2LG or RHG OR's cap badges? There are definitely genuine badges locally converted from blades to sliders, probably for OR use, However for the period of wear the slider would be the regulation fitting for officially manufactured badges! Andy
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09-10-15, 06:58 AM
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I quite agree and I'm pretty sure that I certainly don't have anything on lugs in my collection anyway, but, I have seen the odd badge that appears to be original, that did have lugs, one assumes they were worn, but, almost every lugged badge that I see these days has no void on the right of the V in the GvR and are clearly spurious.
Last edited by Frank Kelley; 10-10-15 at 01:02 PM.
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09-10-15, 07:12 AM
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Hello Andy,
I tend not to even look at them if they have lugs these days, notwithstanding, I am sure that I have encountered to odd example in the past, of course, whether or not the lugs were actually original to the badge in question, is another matter altogether. Regards Frank
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#13
09-10-15, 10:14 AM
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I Have a GVR Second Life Guards badge which has had me confused.
It has lugs and the hanging V, it is slightly bigger than a OR cap badge, I show a picture of it next to a First Life Guards badge. I appreciate your opinions. Malc
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