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Old 17-01-17, 02:50 PM
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Going through my Royal Arms badges in an effort to make some semblance out of what I have, it was obvious that I would stumble somewhere, even with the help of reference books.
Case in point, my attachment below.

Consists of a large cap size KC Royal Arms badge above 2 similar but smaller badges. The one on the left has a slider, so presumably a KC General Service beret badge? The one on the right, presumably a KC General Service collar badge (although it could just as well be something else)!

My question is: K&K only mention a smaller GS badge as being QC, so what can the small KC be?

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Possibly a Warrant Officer Class I badge of rank.

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Sorry Marc, I am referring to the KC slider badge. My fault

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Old 17-01-17, 03:40 PM
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A selection. Believe it or not, they are all different

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The General Service badge was used by many units including Pioneers and WW1 VTC. There are photos on the forum of WW1 VTC wearing large and small versions so the small version's use was not confined to WW2 GS caps or berets.
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A previous thread:

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...+service+badge

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Old 17-01-17, 04:42 PM
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Thanks all for your assistance. I'm afraid the small size KC badge with slider will be put on abeyance for now. Unless K&K is wrong or incomplete, apparently a smaller (beret?) sized badge only came with QC.
If this is so then I would think that a small KC cap badge with slider could very well be a brodrick badge.

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If this is so then I would think that a small KC cap badge with slider could very well be a brodrick badge.

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For general information I have verified that this badge was not worn in the Brodrick. The larger one was.

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Old 18-01-17, 09:01 PM
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A Royal Arms with a difference. Has anyone ever come across this type of badge before?

Thin gilded metal, no rear fixings but small hole at bottom.
Collar badge size

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