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Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 31-12-12, 05:13 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr G'Day Paddy, And a happy New Year to you. ... G'Day Paddy, And a happy New Year to you. Many thanks for your observations - very interesting. I agree we should be stimulating debate on the RND badges, as I believe some of the hand me...

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 23-12-12, 05:20 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Hi Mark, Ne'er fear, it wasn't your comments... Hi Mark, Ne'er fear, it wasn't your comments that led to me starting this thread. It evolved from a request from Paddy to show them, following my comments on the badges on the arnhemjim site on...

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 18-12-12, 03:04 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr In another thread we have been discussing... In another thread we have been discussing variations of RND badges. Attached are mine which challenge some of the accepted wisdom regarding defining features of copies vs genuine badges. The story...

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 03-06-12, 09:14 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Paddy, I believe there were different... Paddy, I believe there were different manufacturers - based largely on the differences between the non Guant badges from the 1962 collection and those with Guant plaques posted on the forum. ...

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 01-06-12, 05:20 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Andy, This is the Hood badge from the 1962... Andy, This is the Hood badge from the 1962 collection. Regards Chris

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 01-06-12, 05:10 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Here's the Hawk badge from the same collection... Here's the Hawk badge from the same collection (1962). It also has quite different lugs on it - flat horizontal. Regards Chris

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 01-06-12, 04:52 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Paddy, This is a genuine badge of the same... Paddy, This is a genuine badge of the same pattern as yours. This type of the Nelson badge is normally judged to be a bad'n based simply because someone in the 1970's said it was a dud. There may...

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 30-05-12, 09:25 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Here is a genuine one without the Gaunt plaque,... Here is a genuine one without the Gaunt plaque, but with provenance. Regards Chris

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 21-07-09, 01:12 PM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Andy, They are probably sweetheart badges... Andy, They are probably sweetheart badges whereby the original badge was converted to a pin attachment and given to a soldier's/officer's sweetheart during the war. They look right to me but...

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 08-05-09, 10:19 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Dragon, For comparison attached is my Nelson... Dragon, For comparison attached is my Nelson without a Gaunt plate, purchased from an old collector in 1961 and taken off a very old board. I suspect he collected it in the 1930's but certainly no...

Forum: Royal Navy and Royal Marines 06-05-09, 06:19 AM

Replies: 191 RND cap badges Views: 47,259 Posted By Chrisr Ian, I would hang onto it. Many of the... Ian, I would hang onto it. Many of the so-called experts have been proven wrong in the past. I nearly confined a Drake to the bin based on "expert" advice but remembered the origins of it. There...

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