your thoughts please

[badgecollector]

hi all
so far i think i am on a 50/50 strike rate with genuine/restrike badges in my collection.
here are another 2 and another 2 to follow.
please, i welcome any and all thoughts
BC

[badgecollector]

the next 2
BC

[Alan O]

The last badge is the one I like as it is a nice rare one that I have never seen before. The London Volunteers has been so widely copied that I could not tell you if it was real or not.

I don't collect VB badges but I think you will find that Royal Scots one should be voided. It does not look 100years old to me.


Alan

[badgecollector]

thanks alan
after 41 views of this thread & no replies, i was beginning to feel unloved.
thanks for the feedback. the 5th is very convex in the center and i didnt know it was supposed to be void.
the irish OTC is a nice badge.
thanks again
BC

[Alan O]

I am not 100% that it shuld be voided so if some one has a copy Of Bloomers bookperhaps they could confirm it?

Alan

[dps290_0]

Hello BC, in my copy of bloomers (plate 43) the badge appears non voided.

BC, thats a lovely Dublin OTC badge, here is a variant of their cap badge, unfortunately its crown has broken off. 4 blades to the reverse.

[Diehard]

Regards to the 5th vb royal scots badge, dps290 0 is right about bloomers book - badges of the highland and lowland regiments pg 10 does show a voided version of the badge.

However in bloomers other book , Scottish regimental badges 1793-1971, pg 7shows a non void version. Sorry if this clouds the issue.

Perhaps this is a variant. It does look like a good stamping. Only my opinion.

[Vincunt Evocati]

I don't like the bach of the 5th Vb Royal Scots

I saw in Belgium somuch copies of it , so I'm so suspicious about it