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My set including the x2 silver Gaunt examples.
My set including the x2 silver Gaunt examples.
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I have a silver examples, Gaunt BHam and Gaunt...
I have a silver examples, Gaunt BHam and Gaunt London.
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Ah, the silver anodised Wyvern cap badge raises...
Ah, the silver anodised Wyvern cap badge raises its head once more . . .
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Or any time between 1958 and 1964. Nothing to...
Or any time between 1958 and 1964. Nothing to say they weren't manufactured in say . . 1961, issued in 62 . . . 'short answer' is we don't know for sure.
True we know that they were using the Gaunt...
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Alan, We know that the Home Counties Bde ...
Alan,
We know that the Home Counties Bde went from 1958 to Dec 1966, when it became the Queens Regt. Unlikely to have been made after this date and I am unaware of any units wearing it from...
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Gaunt Bham vs Gaunt London
Essentially, I believe the conclusion was thus:-
Yes the Gaunt London mark was accepted as generally earlier. It is not found in badges made after about 1970, if we use Chris Marsh's appendix of...
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Absolutely and there you have it Alan - I...
Absolutely and there you have it Alan - I understand the intricacies of the amalgamations, but ultimately we don't really know for sure about many of these anodised TA type badges, in whichever way...
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Royal Wiltshire Territorials
Royal Wiltshire Territorials were formed in 1961 from the Wiltshire Regt (TA) forming A Coy and Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry forming B Coy. This badge clearly being an amalgam of the two previous cap...
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As I understand it, A Coy, 2 Wessex was formed...
As I understand it, A Coy, 2 Wessex was formed from the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Territorials. This badge and this amalgamation is also described in KK where the badge can be found ref 2387 in the...
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Hi Mike, I was referring to the...
Hi Mike,
I was referring to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Territorials. (sorry the photo didn't reproduce in the post).
Edwards discusses this unit over 5 pages in detail. There...
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Mike, are you saying that this...
Mike,
are you saying that this particular badge made by Gaunt is unofficial or the badge in itself in anodised aluminium?
This badge can be found in at least 3 different makers that I...
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