Having picked up a further pair of the Sharpshooter pre WWI collars with the white metal 'peened' on scroll on ebay recently, I paid particular attention to the same seller posting a further seven Sharpshooters badges in succesion that I would not normally have given a second glance. The usual fakes.
These badges had a crisp finish and a nice all over patina including the reverse that said original to me and I purchased them all.
I anticipated one badge to be the same as a Boer War era slouch hat badge I had purchased from Boselys a few years back...expensive, damaged and no rosette, but no, on arrival it was smaller at 1-5/16" height as opposed to the 1-1/2" ..
So is this new addition to my Sharpshooter collection a hitherto unknown collar? Being Sharpshooter specific I do not own the big reference books.
PeterA
