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11-08-17, 05:12 PM
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IWM - Dodgy Royal Norfolk
I was more than a little disappointed recently, to see that IWM Duxford has used for its display inside the Royal Anglian Regt. museum, the dreaded 'crash helmet' Britannia as the example of the Royal Norfolk cap badge (apologies for the poor quality of the first image)...
IMG_4136.JPG The badge has also been reproduced for their large, printed wall display  :IMG_4137.JPG JT Last edited by Jelly Terror; 11-08-17 at 05:26 PM. 
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11-08-17, 05:32 PM
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They have also used the pre-amalgamation Q/C Suffolk cap badge within the same display...
IMG_4139.JPG ...a badge which has been the subject of debate here on the forum previously. JT Last edited by Jelly Terror; 11-08-17 at 10:29 PM. Reason: Typo correction
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11-08-17, 05:48 PM
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Museums and badges
JT, sorry you were disappointed with IWM's badges at Duxford, this is not the only museum displaying dubious badges, quite why they don't get someone with a bit of knowledge to advise them on items displayed is beyond me.
Having said that they do have some good badges, but there if IWM can't find good stuff who can? Rob
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11-08-17, 09:59 PM
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Cheers, JT
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12-08-17, 02:37 PM
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A prime example of such museums employing people who will give you the square root of a jar of pickles and starve to death getting the lid off. Common sense and a little research - plus an interest in what you are doing goes a long way........... Those reading this who are curators and who do not fall into this definition, no offence intended. Its just that I've lost count of the number of similar examples I've seen in the past. Invariably when the error is pointed out the response is "Oh, I didn't know that!"
Dave.
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13-08-17, 01:44 AM
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Dodgy Royal Norfolk
I've found exactly the same lack of knowledge at both the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Navy Museum in Portsmouth. It never ceases to amaze me that the people responsible for our national collections of military and naval artefacts have so little knowledge and, often, very little interest. I have already commented elsewhere on the site about the way in which the National Maritime Museum's online collections of buttons and badges show many items familiar to collectors which are either listed as 'unknown' or simply misidentified. The larger the institution the more common this appears to be.
After I left the Navy I undertook an MA in Heritage Studies and applied for several positions at maritime museums. I soon realised that the major things against me were the fact that I had actually been to sea and that I had an interest in the subject, indeed that I collected items myself! I was even told that no museum would employ someone who actually collected naval memorabilia and was advised to say that I wasn't a collector. Whether this was because they were worried that I might steal all their artefacts to add to my own collection I don't know. So I gave up on any career within maritime museums and applied to join the NHS as a hospital administrator - a job I knew nothing about at all and in which none of my previous knowledge or experience would be any use whatsoever. So they obviously gave me a job! Pete
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11-08-17, 05:44 PM
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