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Originally Posted by wardog
Hello and welcome! I'll get you started- any tips on how to spot a good Berkshire Yeomanry cap badge? Regards, Paul.
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A nice one to open my account, so cheers Paul
There seem to be a few variations for this unit. It was supposedly issued with both lugs and slider. Generally speaking lugged badges on KK1449 follow-on from the IY version (KK1340), and it seems the good ones to look for have 3 lugs (behind front right leg; rear left leg and centre torso). I have '2' lugged specimens in my collection and they look identical to the die/cast version except the lug position. So I am open to suggestion on this. The badge was also issued with a slider and in die-cast form and have been found with J R Gaunt tablets also. Check out this buywyze photo:
http://www.buywyze.com/viewphoto.php...1019387&phqu=2
(Should show front and rear)
K&K report that it was issued in all gilding metal; WM body and GM scroll and all bronze.
Cheers, Gar