Hello folks,
While my Royal Scots Fusilier badges are in doubt, I also dropped on this link by Jeff, in fact, I've sent Jeff a PM because I don't particularly want to make myself look a D-head again, although I seem to be doing it all the time.
The point of this query is a quote by Alan that I found while following the link in the above post :-
[Chris,
Great piece of work. It also puts to bed the idea that WM Q/C KOSB badges are anything other than commercially sold badges. If they were still wearing k/c bonnet badges with the q/c sporran then the later q/c bonnet badges ones would also be in a/a.
Some regts did go from k/c metal to metal q/c and then a/a q/c but not the KOSB.
Alan ]
Having read the statement by Alan, I took my EIIR W/M badge off the board and put it with my bits and pieces for re-sale but just to be on the safe side I had a quick look through Bloomers and found this.......see photo, so which is it ?
Is the EIIR crowned white metal badge just a commercial badge or was it ever worn, too many expert opinions for my tiny brain to take in, me thinks !!
Regards.
Dave.
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