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Old 03-06-14, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen View Post
The badge shown in post 62 - is this not a WWI era officer's bronzed cap badge, minus the finish? Or a copy of it?

I've seen at least one photo of it in wear & bought one a few weeks ago as a OSD cap badge.
When it arrived I didn't like the look of it at all & returned it for refund, along with the w/e bladed RMF OSD cap badge I bought with it.
According to Westlake it is:

"an early shoulder title. Worn in India around c1897."

N.B. There is also some suggestion that it may be linked with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers band from pre 1900 period.
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