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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Royal-Uls...19.m1438.l2649

For a few pounds more you might buy a good reference book that would stop you spending £60 on a badge made in the 1990s.......


https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/B...bi=21643056148

They were around before the 90s Alan. I started to collect anodised in the early 80s, so i had my first one mid 80s at the latest.
Its easy to say they are rubbish,and they may well be ,but they must have been made by a company that produced anodised badges. The reason being ,the holy grail of anodised collectors. Joining the slider to the badge. Nobody other than the manufacturers seems to have found the solution for jointing the 2 together.

The're not rubbish but neither are they 1950's original period badges either.

Crikey, where did they get that book from in Wellington, NZ? I only sold two copies locally to Wellington one to the NZ Defence Force and the other to the main Wellington Library.

The badge is ex-Gaunt via the Arches at Charing Cross circa 1980's. How do I know this? Well, when I was researching my book I asked lots of collectors where they got such badges from and the trail always led back to the Arches and a certain John Gaylor who charged 25 quid for them.

Regards,

Chris

When these first appeared on a certain persons list in the 8o's I wrote to the regiment -still have their reply stated nothing to do with the regiment insignia The person you named is the reason why I left M H S and joined crown Imperial

David

John Gaylor's name seems to crop up a lot in connection with selling fantasy / repro badges and publishing misleading and incorrect information. I find this quite disappointing.

Let's face it gentlemen, it's not so much a hobby these days, more a money-making racket, riddled with spivs and chancers who would rob their own grandmothers. A classic example of outright greed has to be the prices asked for the plastic QC KRRC cap badge. I know it's not a common badge but it is, after all, just a bit of 60-odd year-old plastic. One "dealer" was asking 550 quid for one, I mean, come off it!!.

Your not wrong there. 100% agree with you.
Andy

Ive seen a couple around that sort of price. Unfortunately,people are paying the money for them.

One sold on ebay for less than £40 last month. I missed the end unfortunately.

Ebay is so up and down though. 1 week something has no interest the next people are allover it like a rash.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AN-ANODIS....c100276.m3476

Another from the same stable. Not a 1950s badge.

£550!:confused:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Staybrigh....c100012.m1985

Like this one. Never made for the regiment; suddenly appeared in the 1990s; no makers' name on the slider. I bought one for reference (and to be fair, whoever made it did a nice job) for about 5-6 quid. Paid a little bit more for a second. Now this trader wants £89 for a badge that never really existed..

Not my thing but I steer clear of AA ‘die stamped’ badges and ones with unmarked sliders. I feel this is a good rule of thumb. All the above spurious badges have both traits.

Cheers,
Luke