The Firmin 27th Lancers head dress badge is perfectly fine. The 27th Lancers badges with all gm lance pennons are other ranks patterns. Those with the lower halves of the lance pennons in wm/sp are officers patterns. The Gaunt produced 27th Lancers badges tend to have flat backs to the lance pennons, however, the problem I have is this, in the thirty years that I have been interested in, and collecting to, these six war raised cavalry regiments I have yet to see a Gaunt named 27th Lancers head dress badge.
Gaunt restruck all the WW2 raised cavalry (22D - 27L) badges in the early 1970's. In my book "For Hostilities Only" I give the dates etc of these restrikes. The 27th Lancers head dress badge attached to the Sealed Pattern Card is by Firmin. Card Ref. No. CB 0284 Pattern No. 11700. Date approved 1 - 5 -41. Authority 20/RAC/77. Currently I have no proof at all that Gaunt produced 27th Lancers head dress badges for wear in WW2?.
Peter
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