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Originally Posted by citydrinker
Hi, I'm new on here and have inherited a collection of Military badges from my mother.
I have two KRRC badges one which seems to be normal sized with solid crown and blackened brass and slider, plus red backing. The other is smaller with a pin attachment on the back.
I have attached a picture of them side by side and want to clarify if the larger is catalogued as KK764 and if the smaller is genuine, and if so, does anyone have information about it.
Cheers.
Keith.
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Hi Keith,
badges are a little blurred so cannot really give a definative response on authenticity. Would you be able to post sharper images front but more importantly, the back? The KRRC badge of this style came in 2 sizes with a KC (worn 1901 to shortly after 1952) but also came in 3 versions showing increasing numbers of battle honours issued shortly after the Boer war (South Africa honour issued 1905, a subsequent strike with Defence and Relief of Ladysmith shortly after that). The larger badge on the left looks to have the full set of battle honours but the one on the right looks to have fewer so would pre-date KK674. I doubt you will be able to read some of the smaller battle honours as they are tiny but you should be able to determine the numbers of honours on each arm of the cross.
Hope this helps, regards, Dave