R & HB badge
 

I would welcome comments as to this badge.
It is cut out of thin brass sheet and hat two pillar-type lugs at back.
Would it be a made-up item or did this unit have such badges made out of the material mentioned?

Thanks for any asistance

GTB

Railways and Harbour Board ???

Tim

The unit is "Railways & Harbours Brigade", a WW2 formation. Postwar badges made of brass, however My query is mainly focussed on the type of brass used- whether thin sheet or more solid metal.

GTB

Always helps when you expand an acronym or abbreviation!

Tim

Badge is good for WWII period. Was produced locally from thin sheet brass and then oxidized. Many troops polished back the oxidation to leave either a copper or brass colour. These were also cast in lead and brass. The unit was around pre-war as well and had a very finely made gilding metal badge made in the UK. These are hard to find as pre-war the unit was small. The unit expanded exponentially c.1940 and therefor the need for many quickly produced badges.

Tim, you are correct. I copied the abbreviations as they appear on the badge and assumed that SA collectors would identify the unit straightaway.

Milmed, thanks for a detailed and most useful response. I am enclosing a pic of the back to show the 'pillared' fastenings.

GTB

Wrong pic!!

GTB

Finally

R and H B
 

This may be of use.

Hi Dudley,
I believe the bi-lingual title to be war time and the single title 1stRHB and 2ndRHB were worn in the 1920's. But I could be mistaken. There was also a large title RHB that could be from the early period of the unit.

Regards
Steven

Hullo Steven

Many thanks for the date correction of the shoulder titles. Cannot remember now but think that I got them from Curzons book. Will have another look. It needs to be right.

Kind regards

Dudley

No worries Dudley
This was covered in a previous thread... https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...and%2Aharbours