Correct in your assumption - "white metal" badges are silver finish - almost look like they are plated, "brass" badges are a gilt type finish. I am a serving member of the Royal Anglian Regiment and wear a cap badge bought from the PRI - it is more of a bimetal type badge than the "silver/gilt" badges. For what it is worth I consider my cap badge to be original and not a restrike !
Here is another one to consider. Kimbolton School CCF wear a brass cap badge of the pattern worn in WW1 by The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion and again in WW2 by the Huntingdonshire Home Guard. The badges that they wear are bought from a well known supplier of restrike badges. As they are worn as the Contingent Cap badge are they genuine or restrikes ? (Many of the cadtes drill ahole through the slider and secure the badge to the beret by sewing it in place - if your Hunts Cyclist Battalion cap badge has a hole in the bottom of the slider it is almost certainly a Kimbolton CCF cap badge)
Paul
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Last edited by Alan O; 14-01-09 at 12:04 PM.
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