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Originally Posted by Alan O
Not everything in museums is original unfortunately and those badges are both not of a design I would recognise as WW1. There was not an official all brass KOSB badge authorised for production.
There are a number of DDay museums in Normandy with donations of badges which are not contemporary and these 2 are probably the same in my opinion. Just my view but I would not have them in my WW1 collection.
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Unfortunately many people involved in museums are not badge experts, some years ago I visited the Suffolk museum at Bury St. Edmund's and asked to see the badges, I was taken to a room with the wall covered in frames of badges, very few Suffolk Regiment badges and many fakes.
When I asked the curator why they had lots of other Regiments badges I was told they were donated by a lady whose late husband collected them.
Tactfully I asked to see the Suffolk badges and was then led to another room.
This is the future without knowledgeable people . . !
Rob