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Originally Posted by bess55
Hi Chris, yes the latest mark for Gaunt BHam from your pattern card list is the Infantry Junior Leaders Regt in 1969. All the other marks for Gaunt BHam are 1970 onwards (until mid 90's even) which is a bit more realistic. The Queens Regt pattern card for the anodised slider is dated 1970 also, so they were probably supplied by either Dowler or Marples & Beasley after the slider failure issue until they got the contract again around 1970, it would appear.
The Gaunt London mark is shown for the badges dated throughout the 1960's and late 50's in fact. If you take the pattern cards as a representative sample for marks for Gaunt, then 1970 could well be that the approximate change over year for Gaunt BHam to Gaunt London on the marks.
Makes more sense now Chris thanks.
Bess
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Hi Bess,
I have to totally disagree with your remarks here.
The doco quite clearly states that the Queen's regt brass slider badges, which only have the B'HAM mark, were complained about in Jan 1967 which has to imply they were made in 1966 or even earlier, as the badges had to be manufactured, issued, fail and then be reported on,
I'll stick to 1966 unless definitive proof, preferably on Gaunt headed note paper, comes to hand.
Regards,
Chris