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James G
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Off topic
09-09-20, 11:38 PM
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Conversation with a non-collector
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James G
I have produced an article showing all the...
I have produced an article showing all the variants of the Lincolnshire sphinx badges that I have found. The article also covers fake Lincolnshire badges and how to spot them. As a picture is better...
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Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies
31-07-20, 10:34 PM
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Lincolnshire notes.
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James G
Lincolnshire notes.
How and where can I upload a word document to the site.
About 5 years ago I wrote a document illustrating Lincolshire Regiment Sphinx badges and how to spot the fakes. I would like to put the file ...
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Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies
31-07-20, 12:14 AM
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Lincolnshire Regiment - Shako & Glengarry
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James G
I am not sure about the last badge. It may be...
I am not sure about the last badge. It may be genuine. I couldn't be sure without actually handling the badge. It has the correct brass lugs rather than the copper ones that you get on many of the...
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Schools, OTC and Cadets
05-01-17, 11:48 PM
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'OTC' designs still in use by CCFs today
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James G
The Gordon Boys School ( Now Gordon's School)...
The Gordon Boys School ( Now Gordon's School) have worn the OTC badge in gilding metal and Anodised Aluminium since becoming a CCF rather than an OTC. Change from Gilding metal to Gold coloured ...
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
06-06-16, 09:23 AM
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Unidentified Trade Badges ??
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James G
Jerry, That's certainly possible. The...
Jerry,
That's certainly possible. The crossed flags and the crossed axe and pickaxe do appear to be for signallers and pioneers. I think they may be from one of the commonwealth regiments but...
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
05-06-16, 07:56 PM
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Unidentified Trade Badges ??
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James G
Unidentified Trade Badges ??
I bought 2 trade badges at a Shrewsbury boot fair today and can't find them in any of my reference books. Can anyone help identify them.
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Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies
13-05-16, 11:17 PM
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Bulgarian fakers
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James G
Complaining is pointless. There is no extradition...
Complaining is pointless. There is no extradition from Turkish controlled Cyprus. Even if there was, no UK police force is going to spend a fortune bringing these people back to the UK. It would cost...
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Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies
06-05-16, 07:20 PM
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X2 Lambourne&Co to look at please
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James G
Gary The RIF is a fake as there is...
Gary
The RIF is a fake as there is no line under the O. The Lincolnshire Lambourne makers mark looks o.k. and the shape of the slider is correct for most Lambourne badges. IMO Lambourne...
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
14-03-16, 07:11 PM
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Lincolnshire theatre made badges
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James G
Dean, Frank and Alex, I'm sorry everyone. I...
Dean, Frank and Alex,
I'm sorry everyone. I can't post photographs yet because I have just moved house and can't locate the camera at present. It's somewhere inside one of about 200 boxes in my...
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
14-03-16, 01:19 AM
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Lincolnshire theatre made badges
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James G
Lincolnshire theatre made badges
It's not very often that a badge can be attributed to a particular battalion and a particular time. However applying a bit of logic to research can do just that.
I have 2 Lincolnshire Regiment"...
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
12-12-12, 10:16 PM
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Help with uniforms/dates etc
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James G
Gary, From my Lincolnshire Regiment...
Gary,
From my Lincolnshire Regiment records Herbert Smith was born in St. Michaels, Louth, Lincolnshire. He enlisted in Louth his Regimental number was 5981. He was a private in the First...
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
26-09-12, 11:00 PM
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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
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James G
Bill, In my opinion there is nothing...
Bill,
In my opinion there is nothing wrong with having a slider on this badge. As has been said above the design appears to have continued into the WW1 period. However on your particular badge...
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New Member Introduction Zone
02-04-11, 04:34 PM
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greetings from Colchester
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James G
Bob Welcome to the Forum. I come from...
Bob
Welcome to the Forum. I come from Colchester and retired from the Met 2 years ago ( Hackney, Romford and Bethnal Green). Joloffes used to be a geat source of anodised badges and ww2...
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Cavalry, Yeomanry, Tank/RAC Badges
21-02-11, 07:40 PM
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The Hugh King inspirational Cavalry collection.
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James G
There is a very small picture of it in this...
There is a very small picture of it in this months issue of "The Armourer"
James
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It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification
21-02-11, 07:30 PM
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Unknown Lincolnshire badge
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Posted By
James G
Dean, I haven't seen this badge...
Dean,
I haven't seen this badge before. It certainly looks like some kind of accoutrement badge from the fixings and I would hazard a guess that it is Lincolnshire Yeomanry. However the LY...
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Off topic
15-02-11, 12:07 AM
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Poll:
A Question of Ethics. Read Me First.
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James G
I went to a car boot fair a couple of years ago...
I went to a car boot fair a couple of years ago and found two first edition Dickens novels both beautifully bound amongst a lot of paperbacks. I asked the seller how much they were. She said 75p...
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Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies
13-02-11, 09:26 PM
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Lincolnshire regt
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James G
I'm sorry I can't post any pics at the moment....
I'm sorry I can't post any pics at the moment. I'm having a reorganisation of my hobbies room and my Lincolnshire frames are under a mountain of stuff. However on my album you can see the art deco...
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Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies
10-02-11, 05:07 PM
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WW2 dated re-strikes
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Posted By
James G
So Popski's Private Army and 50-52 commando...
So Popski's Private Army and 50-52 commando badges aren't to be considered genuine??
James
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Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies
06-02-11, 11:15 PM
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Lincolnshire regt
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Posted By
James G
I've been collecting Lincolnshire badges for a...
I've been collecting Lincolnshire badges for a number of years and I've never seen one in reversed metals. Volunteer units were in all white metal and lugged and the "walking out badge was all white...
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Civilian Services: Police, Prison Service, Fire Brigade, Merchant Navy, etc.
26-01-11, 05:16 PM
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obsolete ???
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James G
It isn't illegal to sell current Police badges....
It isn't illegal to sell current Police badges. In fact there is an organisation PICA ( Police Insignia Collectors Association ) which is full of Police Officers swapping and selling Police Badges....
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General Topics.
26-01-11, 05:09 PM
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Storage/curation
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Posted By
James G
If you can't afford an antique collectors cabinet...
If you can't afford an antique collectors cabinet why not buy some of the shallow office storage cabinets from someone like Rymans. The drawers are about 1 1/2 inches deep and about the same area as...
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
14-12-10, 09:22 PM
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Royal Anglian Regiment or East Anglia Brigade???
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James G
Also in 1975 when I was at the depot at...
Also in 1975 when I was at the depot at Basingbourne all Royal Anglians wore the Star and castle collar badge because at that stage we did not belong to a particular battalion. I had to change my...
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Cavalry, Yeomanry, Tank/RAC Badges
14-12-10, 09:07 PM
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duke of lancaster ?
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Posted By
James G
Could it be that the plume colour was differenf...
Could it be that the plume colour was differenf for Farriers as in other regular regiments?
James
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
29-11-10, 11:09 PM
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44
Popski badge authentic?
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Posted By
James G
Martin, I have sent a reply to your...
Martin,
I have sent a reply to your P.M.
James
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
29-11-10, 10:55 PM
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Popski badge authentic?
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4,808
Posted By
James G
Martin, I think that when it comes...
Martin,
I think that when it comes to identifying the originality of expensive badges collectors have to be forensic in their approach if they want to avoid being stung.
For...
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