Hawke Battalion
 

Can I have some opinions on this Hawke Battalion cap badge please, the Gaunt tablet on the reverse is 7mm in length, the tablets on other RND cap badges I have measure just over 8mm in length, is that of any significance as regards originality? Any comments welcome, cheers,

Paul

Beautiful badge and absolutely 100% original.

Hawke Btn
 

I have one similar, a good badge IMO.

Rob

Hi All

is there any significance in E/W loops? Mine, has N/S loops....

cheers, Tim

Paul

Your badge also looks good to me. The Gaunt tablets are usually crudely made so I wouldn’t worry about 1mm.

Tim

Is your badge Gaunt marked? Is there any chance of seeing a picture.

Paddy

Thanks a lot for the replies guys I appreciate it, it looked ok but its always nice to get confirmation. Tim, I've personally never seen a Hawke cap badge with North-South loops but others with more knowledge might be able to help, as Paddy mentioned, photos would help, cheers,

Paul

N/S Hawke.
 

Untill Tim gets back here's my Hawke badge with N/S lugs.
Any comments welcome Tony.

I like it Tony, apart from the loops its pretty much identical to mine, cheers,

Paul

Never seen one with N-S loops before, very nice badge. I’ve also seen a couple Gaunt made Hawke badges with E-W brass stamped lugs. Clearly there was a degree of variation as to type of fixings and their position at the Gaunt factory.