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Old 20-02-18, 03:14 PM
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I think this configuration is a bad sign for Queen’s badges. Never seen a Queen’s with 3 loops. Closest, if I recall correctly, would be the officers badge where there’s a ‘tongue’ fitted centre of the scroll and 2 loops behind the lamb.

It’s very common for manufacturers of re-strike/fakes to either not know the correct fittings or fit something unusual that may intrigue a collector into buying.

RNDs on sliders, Guards Machine Gun Bn on loops, Wandsworth Pals on loops, WW1 Tank Regiment on loops etc... the list goes on.

Comparing other regiments badges and their fittings from different periods is like comparing apples and oranges. Just because it’s right for a 1950s Royal Lincs, Victorian Royal Dublin Fusiliers or pre 1908 Berks IY doesn’t mean it was ever right for a Queen’s badge.

As to why 3 loops were used on some badges I’d say it’s just down to shape for most of the earlier ones.

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To add , officers bronze badges were made with 2/3 blades.

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I think this configuration is a bad sign for Queen’s badges. Never seen a Queen’s with 3 loops. Closest, if I recall correctly, would be the officers badge where there’s a ‘tongue’ fitted centre of the scroll and 2 loops behind the lamb.

It’s very common for manufacturers of re-strike/fakes to either not know the correct fittings or fit something unusual that may intrigue a collector into buying.

RNDs on sliders, Guards Machine Gun Bn on loops, Wandsworth Pals on loops, WW1 Tank Regiment on loops etc... the list goes on.

Comparing other regiments badges and their fittings from different periods is like comparing apples and oranges. Just because it’s right for a 1950s Royal Lincs, Victorian Royal Dublin Fusiliers or pre 1908 Berks IY doesn’t mean it was ever right for a Queen’s badge.

As to why 3 loops were used on some badges I’d say it’s just down to shape for most of the earlier ones.

Cheers,

Luke
Agreed. Well put.

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To add , officers bronze badges were made with 2/3 blades.

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If it’s of any assistance - most officers cloak clasps have three loops.
I know nothing of the Queens Regiment, could this be a modified clasp?
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Old 20-02-18, 06:46 PM
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At the time of sealing in the late 1890s the hats would have been the field service cap for most Other Ranks. Cavalry also wore the badgeless pill box hats.
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If it’s of any assistance - most officers cloak clasps have three loops.
I know nothing of the Queens Regiment, could this be a modified clasp?
Thanks for this, Sean. I’m sure this is not a modified clasp. Apart from anything else, it’s just too poorly executed to be anything other than a missing cast member from the Muppet Show.

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Old 21-02-18, 01:39 PM
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The regiment only existed until 1959, but, the badge in the original post is certainly not as old as that, in my opinion, it is brand new.

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