Just for information, I have a couple of 1926 pattern King's Regt officers badges (one S&G and one bronze OSD) which both have stamped marks
JRGAUNTLONDON
LATEJENNENS
Gaunt took over Jennens in 1924 and they must have been trying to publicise the enduring quality of Jennens' products (who mostly only made oficers badges), rather than suggesting that this particular pattern had been on Jennens books as it hadn't existed in 1924 !
(there are a nuber of Jennens books in Gaunt archives at BMAG and NAM)
But continuing the 'dot' debate, I have a 1926 pattern bimetal badge whose slider is J.R.GAUNT.LONDON. I'm 100% convinced that it is a genuine badge and even believe - from my research into KLR typology - that it might date to the 1030s rather than the 2nd WW period.
Julian
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