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Originally Posted by Alan O
As an aside the 23rd London regiment was converted from 42 RTR in 1956 and then amalgamated in 1961 to become the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
A mint-condition 23rd's cap badge is very, very common so they must have had a large number in stock in 1961, which were subsequently sold off, or these were produced for the collectors' market at a later date.
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I have the 23rd London's in a/a marked to Gaunt London and to Gaunt B'HAM (the latter aquired from a forum member), if the B'ham version is genuine then it would bump the introduction of the mark back to 1961.......