Yes, that's obvious. We know that sliders were shortened in 1906 and we know why ! Now, lets try and analyse why they were lengthened at later periods !
A new King's cap badge appeared as Pattern 10042/1926. There are three basic types (shown here chronologically)
Types 2 and 3 very very rarely have long sliders. Type 3 - which I date to the war years (and / or just before) on account of their ubiquity - appear to have quite a number with short and quite a number with long sliders. I wonder if I am wrong in placing the long ones first ?? What date was the side cap (re) introduced ??? - ie is that the reason they have long sliders ??
The photographs are obvious so I won't bore you with actual dimensions this time.
Here are some badges from Pattern
Last edited by KLR; 10-04-16 at 05:41 PM.
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