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Originally Posted by ebro
Irish horse,
I believe that your older collectors are guilty of wishing it to be so rather than it actually being so, something we are all guilty of at times. 
At the amalgamation in 1992 the pipers of the Rangers became pipers of the Royal Irish Regiment with no change to the kilt badges. The kilt badges in stores would have continued to be issued to the new regiment, although the cap badge would be different.
When stocks ran out new stock would be ordered but how you would date these new badges without the order details I don't know.
Eddie |
Possibly the only way, would be if they were made by Firmins and came in the sealed plastic bag. Or if somebody had retained the bag with or without the badge in it. I think that even they have now changed their packaging but again that would be helpful.
If they were made by another company, then I'm not sure youd be able to ascertain a date of production.
Are they still anodised or are they of the newer type metal ?