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arrestingu

24-08-22 09:02 AM

Opinions please on 1st VB The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

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..yet again struggling to find any examples.
DeadSpartain has a similiar one stating victorian, not sure though !
Thanks Stee

Alan O

24-08-22 03:09 PM

Fake fake and fake. The Al Johnson lipped sheep from the Martin Marsh catalogue.

Alan O

24-08-22 03:10 PM

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=113129

A genuine one in BB.

arrestingu

24-08-22 03:18 PM

thank you :D

Keith Blakeman

24-08-22 06:25 PM

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Alan’s photo is a bit dark. Here we have a blackened version, a whitemetal one with blades and an ex-Hugh King blackened with an attached scroll, I’ve never seen another.

All Gaunt I beleive.

Jelly Terror

24-08-22 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan O (Post 585945)

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=113129

A genuine one in BB.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Blakeman (Post 585958)

Alan’s photo is a bit dark. Here we have a blackened version, a whitemetal one with blades and an ex-Hugh King blackened with an attached scroll, I’ve never seen another.

All Gaunt I beleive.

As Keith rightly states, all are Gaunt-made badges.

Regards,

JT

Jelly Terror

24-08-22 06:35 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Blakeman (Post 585958)

Alan’s photo is a bit dark. Here we have a blackened version, a whitemetal one with blades and an ex-Hugh King blackened with an attached scroll, I’ve never seen another.

All Gaunt I beleive.

Another example here with the attached VB scroll, from a 2015 post by former member 2747andy:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...2&postcount=26

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Alan O

24-08-22 06:42 PM

I would suspect the w/m with blades is for an officers hat. Alas VB are not well recorded.

Luke H

24-08-22 06:47 PM

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I would be very confident the WM on (double) blades is other ranks. Quite a few early Volunteers badges are on these long thin double blades which I have also heard referred to as butterfly tangs.

Jelly Terror

24-08-22 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Luke H (Post 585962)

I would be very confident the WM on (double) blades is other ranks. Quite a few early Volunteers badges are on these long thin double blades which I have also heard referred to as butterfly tangs.

I have a couple of 17th London Battalion ORs' badges fitted with double blades. I like the poetic 'butterfly tangs'. Sounds like a martial arts weapon.

JT

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