Hi all
Here are three pics to add to the on-going 1916 war badge story. The first one shows a small array of the variations that were produced by those with varying degrees of skill. Note the small silver "dangler" that I've spoken of but not shown before.
Also the vaulting of the Gaunt badge can be seen in the second pic while the third shows the flattened Gaunt back stamp.
Again, just an idea but this could have been from the trimming of a normal "sharp cornered" badge and the badge being placed on the backing plate. Any scarring on the backplate would be transferred to the back of the badge and, although Gaunt were a byword for precision, this modification wouldn't have called for a great level of detail.
The vaulting of the badge would result as would the blurring of the maker's mark.
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