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Three badges for ID and info
Hi People hope some one can help 1st badge is a helmet plate to the Cape Town Highlanders but its brass i can find no reference to a {brass} helmet plate in any of the books i have, is it a copie/re-strike, perhaps some one knows, badge no 2 is a small bronze {what appears to be a collar dog] I thought the Wawickshire Yeomanry, but the right leg of the bear is wrong also it has a prong on the back.
3rd badge is a piece of bad wire lapel badge i have seen this before but i cant remember where for the life of me, any info or ID much appreciated. cheers Guys Scots Grey |
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Hello,
I cannot comment on the brass badge. However the other two I have suggestions for. Is the barbed wire a former PoW lapel badge. i have seen something similar before. Is the Warwicks a police collar badge? Matti |
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not known
I have not got a clue, you could be right about the police collar badge, the bad wire badge i seem to remember internment of some kind cant recall at the moment. thanks Scots Greys
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The bear is probably an officer's badge for the Warwickshire Yeomanry. There were a few designs of bear used including a sitting one.
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The Warwickshire Yeomanry one certainly looks like an officer's hat or collar (police were white metal?) - but it doesn't look broken yet only has one blade?
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Hi SG
The CTH badge is a theatre made badge from Egypt during WWII, a lot of SA units used these theatre made badges and I have even met a CTH veteran who wore one. The barbed wire lapel badge was worn by members of the Ossewa Brandwag (Ox-wagon Firewatch - literal) in South Africa who were interred during the war because they supported the Germans. Whether it was used elsewhere I don't know but I'm not sure if that is original because if I remember correctly, other ones I've seen were pin-backed. Anyway, if you don't want it, please let me know. Hope this helps. Cheers, Alex |
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THANKS
Hi Alex
Thanks for the info about the CTH and the bad wire badge I will keep it I think, I bought the bad wire in South Africa however on visiting another Antique shop seen another for £9 exactly the same design as mine. regards SG |
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I agree with Alex's comments. Regards Andrew
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SG, it looks like you went on a shopping spree in SA. I am glad that you found some good stuff. Andrew
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That is a Warwickshire Yeomanry OSD cap badge you have there. I have one with a similar single slider like blade fitting. A rather scarce badge actually.
CB |
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Just a thought? Andy |
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