XX1V
 

Hello All, could I have some help in identifying this XX1V (collar badge ?) please. The size is approximately 2mm bigger than a 1 pound coin.

The magic number, twenty four, complete with that famous wreath.

Worn by the South Wales Borderers from the 1960s until 1969 when amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Wales.

Tim

Thank you very much guys, I bow to your superior knowledge and expertise.
Kind regards, Jim

Interesting, I didn't realise that clutch pin fittings were in use on British army insignia as early as 1969 (I first noticed them in the mid - late 1970's).

Members of the regiment serving with the UN in Korea.

Modern copy/repro ?

I don't know, I don't know when the fittings came in, just I'd not seen them in use until the 70's.
Could the badge still have been in use for some purpose post the 1969 SWB and The Welch Regiment amalgamation, in RRW, The Royal Welsh?

Taking a closer look it is perhaps an officers collar badge (not anodised). I have seen LOYALs officers collar badges with clutch pin fittings and from the 1960s. At that time officers purchased their uniforms and badges from various military tailors and there were differences in manufacture.

See https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ghlight=loyals

Tim

I'd agree that the badge looks more like a silvered metal than an anodised aluminium one.

A lot of SWB badges sold at auction and photo (rear of badges) shows a couple with similar fittings to those in first post.

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...6-a539015bf9c9

The SWB soldiers are wearing the Honour Guard shoulder title carrying out duties at Panmunjom, North Korea.

See https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ghlight=honour

Tim

I dare say you would want more than a pound coin for it?:eek:

Hi,
Also worn by the 2nd battalion Monmouthshire regiment.

When anodised aluminium badges first came in,the powers that be were going to use clutch pins rather than lugs.
As we have already discussed a/a wasnt loved and the pins are rather fragile. They will have had queues outside the QMs asking for replacements . The change to lugs would have been rather quick. I have paperwork suggesting that the buttons ended up ruined through the use of brasso on them and that brass buttons should be reinstated.