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Originally Posted by KLR
it might be related to what Major Edwards stated in the first (1951) edition of his celebrated ‘Regimental Badges’ - that ‘great changes [to badges] are afoot’ and specifically that ‘In future all officer’s badges, normally made in silver, will be in silver plate’.
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I don't think so, going from solid silver to only plated was strictly a cost reducing measure, relating to production, not finish. At the time officers were to get an allowance to buy their kit.
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Originally Posted by KLR
I have a hunch that "frosted" silver superseded "silver plate" but I might be wrong - in any case, I'd love to know when FS first appeared !
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Silver plate can also be finished as frosted, I would think, again, one is a production process, the other a finish.
I believe the earliest KO(S)B officers helmet and glengarry badges were described as having the cross in burnished silver, suggesting the rest was to be in a duller finish.
Rgds, Thomas.