Variations of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in A/A

[fougasse1940]

Originally Posted by Alan O

The 2 arrows and a dot are most probably a stylised laurel wreath. Look at a Life Guards badge for the same thing. The minor design change was probably a CO's whim and there are lots of other examples of the same thing happening even today.

Logic would suggest that the laurel leaves were omitted to make room for the enlarged harp.
A list of other examples of the same thing would be quite interesting.

Rgds,
fougasse1940.

[hagwalther]

Originally Posted by fougasse1940

Logic would suggest that the laurel leaves were omitted to make room for the enlarged harp.
A list of other examples of the same thing would be quite interesting.

Rgds,
fougasse1940.

Could be but the examples I have only show a difference in height of 0.50mm.

Regards

Chris

[leigh kitchen]

No. 1 "FIRMIN LONDON" without laurel leaves, slidered, crown & harp mounted

No. 3 Slider broken off & missing, crown & harp mounted,probably a Firmin badge,

No. 4 "J.R. GAUNT LONDON" with laurel leaves, slidered, a one piece badge

No. 2 - a millimetre or two shorter than the others it's fitted with east/west wire loops & has a marking of some sort behind the scroll but it's indecipherable without something to compare it to.
Is it a collar dog?
It has no laurel leaves, it has the "first pattern" scroll but the crown & harp are mounted.

[Mike H]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

No. 1 "FIRMIN LONDON" without laurel leaves, slidered, crown & harp mounted

No. 3 Slider broken off & missing, crown & harp mounted,probably a Firmin badge,

No. 4 "J.R. GAUNT LONDON" with laurel leaves, slidered, a one piece badge

No. 2 - a millimetre or two shorter than the others it's fitted with east/west wire loops & has a marking of some sort behind the scroll but it's indecipherable without something to compare it to.
Is it a collar dog?
It has no laurel leaves, it has the "first pattern" scroll but the crown & harp are mounted.

No2 could be a pouch badge

[leigh kitchen]

Could be, but why produce a 2 piece pouch badge when you have a 2 piece cap badge, or why produce a 2 piece badge with the style of scroll that you've replaced with the 2 piece cap badge?
And there's literally about 1 - 2 mm difference in height between the badges?