Leicestershire Regiment ~ Markings on Slider

[Across The Fields]

Sorting through my 'Leicesters' collection, I've just noticed the markings '7 7' on the slider and I'm wondering the significance. Anybody?

Regards


Martin

[leigh kitchen]

Presumably an individual's identifier for his badge, perhaps part of his army serial number.

[Across The Fields]

Maybe, only it looks machine-stamped to me.

[leigh kitchen]

Dunno, best I can come up with is a stamped 7 followed by about seven overlapping 1's followed by a 7, to the right of which could be a crescent made by the edge of a round headed punch. Im still going with ahnd stamped, but that doesn't mean I'm right.