Anodised Aluminium Cap Badges By Smith & Wright
 

Hi Guys,

Smith & Wright made quite a few badges so I expect this to be a reasonably long list.

Just those you have in your collection.

Here are the badges so far:


3rd Carabiniers DG
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
13/18 Hussars
5th Inniskilling DG
8th Kings Liverpool Regt (Liverpool)
14th/20th Kings Hussars (All Gold)
15th/19th Hussars
16th/5th Lancers
17th/21st Lancers
APTC
Ayrshire Yeomanry
Border Regiment
Buffs East Kent Regiment
Cheshire Regt
DLI
Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Duke of Lancaters own Yeo
Duke Of Wellington's Regiment (One Piece)
Duke of Yorks Royal Military School
Dorset Territorials
East Lancashire Regiment
Essex Regiment
Gloucestershire Regiment
Green Jackets Brigade
Green Howards (1st pattern)
Green Howards (2nd pattern)
Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry (K&K 2324)
Hertfordshire And Bedfordshire Yeomanry
Home Counties Brigade
Honorable Artillery Co 45mm (Gun Badge)
Intelligence Corps
KOYLI
London University O.T.C.
Manchester Regiment
Military Provost Staff Corps
Monmouth School O.T.C
Northumberland Fusiliers
Northamptonshire Regiment
Oxfordshire Territorials
Pioneer Corps (QC - 1st pattern)
Queens R.Irish Hussars (2nd pattern)
Queen's University Belfast (Silver)
Robin Hood Bn Notts & Derby Regt
Royal Army Dental Corp
Royal Army Dental Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corp
Royal Army Pay Corps (43mm High)
Royal Army Pay Corps (large)
Royal Corp Transport
Royal Green Jackets
Royal Military Police
Royal Military School of Music
Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Royal Signals Corps
Royal Scots Greys
Royal Scots Greys (Type 2)
Royal Sussex Regiment
Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Ulster Rifles
Royal West Kent
Seaforth Highlanders
Small Arms School Corps
Somerset Light Infantry
South Lancashire Regiment (large)
South Lancashire Regt (Prince Of Wales Volunteers) (40mm High)
South Notts Hussars
Welbeck College
Welch Regt
Welsh Guards
York & Lancaster Regt


Regards

Chris

4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
15th/19th Hussars
16th/5th Lancers
17th/21st Lancers
East Lancashire Regiment
Essex Regiment
Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry (K&K 2324)
Intelligence Corps
Military Provost Staff Corps
Northamptonshire Regiment
Royal Army Dental Corps
Royal Army Pay Corps (large)
Royal Sussex Regiment
South Lancashire Regiment (large)
Welbeck College

Hi Gents,
I can add:-

South Notts Hussars
3rd Carabiniers DG
Royal West Kent
DLI
KOYLI
The Welch Regt
Pioneer Corps (QC - 1st pattern)
APTC (late pattern slider)
RAOC (late pattern slider)
RADC (late pattern slider)
RCT (late pattern slider)
Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (late pattern slider)
5th Inniskilling DG
13/18 Hussars
Green Howards (2nd pattern) - (late pattern slider)
RGJ (late pattern slider)

* by late pattern slider, I mean a marked differance to the very early s&w sliders which were soft font with a shiney rounded edged slider. Later type has a flat slider with a clearer stamped differant font lettering. I'nm sure you all know what I mean.

I'm sure I have some more, but these for now.

Regards all

Bess

Thanks Guys,

Bess, looks like you have been checking out sliders!!!

Yes, the two common are the 'old' and 'new' and I have managed to identify five different S&W sliders so far.

Note that the 'old' is tapered and the 'new' takes on a modern apperance - why is this?

Regards

Chris

Chris

A few more for your list

Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry
York & Lancaster Regt
Queen's University Belfast (Silver)
Duke Of Wellington's Regiment (One Piece)
Royal Scots Greys
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Somerset Light Infantry

I also have a Frontiersmen badge but don't know if you want to include it.

Paddy

SMITH & WRIGHT BADGES
 

Hi Chris,
Heres a few more -

Queens R.Irish Hussars (2nd pattern)
Duke of Lancaters own Yeo
Cheshire Regt
Northumberland Fusiliers
Green Howards (1st pattern)
Home Counties Brigade
Green Jackets Brigade
Seaforth Highlanders
Welsh Guards
Royal Military Police
Royal Signals Corps
Royal Military School of Music
Dorset Territorials
8th Kings Liverpool Regt (Liverpool)
Oxfordshire Terririals
Duke of Yorks Royal Military School

Best Regards
UKbrits

Smith and Wright
 

Another one- ROBIN HOOD BN NOTTS & DERBY REGT - Smith & Wright Ltd
May have also been worn by 350 Field Squadron RE(see my thread on this)
Jerry.

Thanks Jerry,

Still used by them and badge is still current issue.

Regards

Chris

Smith & Wright
 

Chris,
Just received-SMALL ARMS SCHOOL CORPS by Smith & Wright. Jerry.

Smith & Wright
 

2 more Chris they are -

Honorable Artillery Co 45mm (Gun Badge)
Monmouth School O.T.C

Best Regards
UKbrits

Hi Chris,

Didn't see this one on your list.
University Of London OTC ( Gold ) "SMITH & WRIGHT LTD"

Ben

One to add to list. Just bought/received a Royal Tank Regiment-RTR anodised badge by maker S&W Ltd (Smith & Wright Ltd) I did not know this one existed so a good find. Unfortunately there is slight damage to it i.e. one lug missing but it will do until I find one in better shape. :)

Is ROYAL BERKSHIRE on any of these lists? I have one in my collection.

I have six (so far) for the 17/21L... number 6 is the odd one out but has a very similar outline shape to the later Shaw Munster.

Parachute regiment

Very nice indeed, Jerry.

From Andy's Welsh Guards album... there should be a couple more with different back images and maybe the MM going down the slider. Also the older smooth rounded end slider?

The interesting point with the Smith and Wright example of the Welsh Guards AA cap badge is that the die is different to all the other makers (of which there are several). In the S&W badge the 2 smaller leaves at the top centre (4th & 5th) are stuck together and adjoined to the 3rd leaf in from the left. On all other examples the 2 smaller leaves are free and point out longer. If you compare this example to all others you'll see what I mean.

Have never seen the earlier softer S&W slider on the Welsh Guards AA cap badge, but you never know! The more scarce example has the metal slider riveted on - I believe a Gaunt example similar to that seen on the REME, RE and early Queens Regt? Happy to be corrected.

Regards all.

Bess

Not having badges to hand - the Smith & Wright Welsh Guards longer, seperate central leaves badge, this is a variation on the "standard" Guardsmen & Drummer's badge, it's not the Sgts & Musician's version?

Personally I don't think so, no. If this badge were a variation it is way too subtle to be immediately or easily noticeable. If this were the case, would it not be found by other makers too, like the Scots Guards is? Its just a makers die variation I believe and they all have slight differences (most common is the root ball on the Leek which is different on most of the makers) - the S&W example just seems to be the most immediately visible.

That is very nice too, actually just seeing anything Welsh Guards with a makers mark is nice!

I have a FIRMIN example

Hi All

A new Smith & Wright Ltd, back image, motto for the collection. Making eight mottos with different backs.... to date.

* looks like it has some old varnish on the front. That's easily removed by leaving it in acetone.

https://www.paoyeomanry.org.uk/Motto...htLtd/SWxx.jpg

Looks like the very old Smith & Wright with the soft slider

.... it does Mike.

https://www.paoyeomanry.org.uk/Motto...etal/50500.jpg

Here are the rest of the Smith&Wright LTD AAs https://www.paoyeomanry.org.uk/Motto...rightLtdAA.htm

CORRECTION to post #23 :-

Having received the Motto it is, in fact, a duplicate of an existing back image that I already have.

If anyone is interested in buying it .... PM me :)