Books on buttons and collar badges?
Hi All,
I've got lots of books on badges and Westlake's work on Shoulder Titles but I am flying blind on collars and buttons. 1. What are the definitive works on collar badges? 2. Ditto buttons? 3. My Westlake edition is 1980. Is there anything new out there picking up after this period on shoulder titles? Thanks and best wishes, Tom |
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Tom,
Colin Churchill produced a book on Infantry collar badges, worth buying. Gwen Squire also has a book on buttons which covers various aspects apart from military such as Fire Brigade, Prison etc. Rob |
Various books on buttons by Howard Ripley and Shoulder Belt Plates and Buttons by Parkyn
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Colin Churchill’s book available here starting at £20 + £3 postage
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133889424...sAAOSwsxNhUuMo Tim |
Ripley (solo or with others e.g. Darmanin, Moodie) should have you covered for buttons wherever your interests may lie:
Regular Army 1855 - 2000 ISBN 0-9524461-1-1 Militia (Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands) ISBN 978-0-9524461-3-2 Local Militia ISBN 0-9524461-2-X Yeomanry ISBN 0-9510603-8-4 There may be more by him - Googling above will likely throw them up too. EY |
Colin CHURCHILL'S book only covers infantry
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There is a copy of Churchills book on collars on ebay at the moment - see post on Castle Militaria...
Mark |
if anyone can answer but are the illustrations in the 2001 edition of infantry collars better than those in the 2002 edition?
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I have the latter edition in which the illustrations are not very clear, being dark and small and not that sharp. |
Its unlikely that someone has both editions with which to do a comparison.
regards |
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thanks for commenting |
I have the 2001 first printing and the photos are decent in terms of sharpness. The OSD in particular tend to be dark but details are generally visible. My understanding is that the 2002 printing was somewhat inferior, but I cannot personally confirm this.
It's worth bearing in mind that the photos are actual size; I've placed many of my collars over the corresponding image and they're almost always an exact match. |
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these are the buttons books I have, line illustrations but they are clear to see.
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I notice from a quick look that at least one change of badge image, for the RWF was made for #652. |
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