[West Yorkshire Man]

Hello to all, I am a relatively new member and badge collector from Bradford West Yorkshire, who likes to collect WW1 cap badges and shoulder titles. Inparticularly Machine Gunners, Yorkshire Regiments, Palls Battalions and other assorted badges that take my fancy such as skills and proficiency insignia,I also have a few uniform buttons to display with the cap badges and shoulder titles.
I have a reasonable knowledge on the subject picked up from various books, forums and visits to badge and medal fairs,but have occasionally been duped by the odd re strike and good copy.
I usually ask about provenance before purchase, but in some cases this can not be relied on as factual we all well know.
Although at this time my collection is relatively small (115 pieces), some of them are quite nice and even desirable.
I also collect Britain and Thomas Gun military figures, and various pieces of memorabilia, all pertaining to WW1.