Not intending to hijack the thread but theUHG badges shown in KK and Gaylor are like this one pictured below.
The difference I’ve been told is that RIC/RUC badges are looped (like the majority of police cap badges) whereas the UHG were slidered
I’ve attached a screenshot of the relevant post in the link provided by irishhorse.
The poster states the badge is the officers version of the RIC/RUC but because it has solid string is UHG. He then goes on to claim the ORs version to the UGH also has solid strings. No source is given for this information.
Personally I have never seen the type pictured below with solid strings in 25 years of collecting so highly doubt this claim. If this latter statement is indeed inaccurate then that would also likely call into question the claim about the officers badge.
Alternatively if the poster is correct then KK and Gaylor are both wrong and neither had or showed a UHG badge...
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