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Originally Posted by Toby Purcell
Yes definitely. The War Office/MOD issue followed the strict specifications, which were for loops, not sliders. The likes of Julian Bowsher and Peter Brydon (plus others) have done a lot of research in various archives and museums on this, and then discussed their findings in this forum in past decades.
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Toby, I thought sliders came into use in about early 1900 ? I have somewhere letters from Grenadier Guards, I think to Gaunt or some other badge maker, stating that they wanted to change from sliders to lugs. As the slidered grenade didn't sit correctly. Also I have been given some items from a friend of the family, of a Grenadier Guardsman, shoulder titles and a slidered Grenade. The grenade having 14 flames.
Andy