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Originally Posted by jean-paul Vermersch
Hello everyone.
I am French and live in Artois.
I am very happy to see so many specialists on this forum !! Maybe it will be soon a microscope before buying a badge !! 
I have been collecting for over 25 years .... and I certainly have copies in my collections. But for me it is more the symbol that represents every object that matters to me. It is enough to see them engraved on the stelae of the countless military cemeteries of the comonwealth in my region.
Good windy autumn day.
J-Paul
PS: by the way, is this attached is it good? He comes from the Somme not far from here. |
It looks genuine to me J-Paul. The 'Household Battalion' I think, formed from dismounted Household cavalrymen (Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards).