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Die Another Day
In a recent exchange with a forum friend, the subject of dies which were used to produce looped and slidered badges arose. The use of dies that might have lasted a good while would have extended across the change in fixings, traversing the loops/slider divide and even beyond.
One such example which illustrates this point is shown here. Although I am as yet unable to identify the maker of this badge, it can be seen that the die has been used from the Victorian/Edwardian period (example 'A'), through to the post-loops phase of construction (example 'B') and beyond, into the 1916 all-G/M phase (example 'C'). Example A (1).jpgExample A (2).jpg Example B (1).jpgExample B (2).jpg Example C (1).jpgExample C (2).jpg It would be interesting to find a post-1916, bi-metal badge with overlaid scroll struck from this die, showing the imprint of lettering to the rear/brass section of the scroll, though there is no guarantee that this particular manufacturer produced such a badge. Regards, JT Last edited by Jelly Terror; 09-01-18 at 01:17 AM. |
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As always, impressed, amazed and thankful for your excellent research JT
Cheers, Tim |
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What an interesting idea ! I hope you can find / illustrate such a thing.
Incidentally, I have found a KLR (Patt 1896) die of the horse etc but with two different scrolls. |
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Do you literally mean the die itself, or badge from one die with two different scrolls? Thanks again gents, JT |
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Yes, sorry - of course I meant 'two badges with the same (horse) die but with diffrent scrolls' - I wrote it in a hurry ! Badges that straddle different fixings and eg scrolls are a good indication of use over a period - though i don't know when KLR scroll designs were changed !!
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No, just a minor difference in shape !
With two piece badges, I find that the KLR scrolls have far less variations than the horse part has ! |
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