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Originally Posted by KLR
Thanks Peter, Very interesting!
The B&P Quotation Book (NAM) lists badges etc from 1903 to 1916. (I counted all the 1903-14 but not, I'm afraid not the QRWS.
However the WO tender of April 1916 demanded 20,000 of the GM version - though that included the 23rd and 24th Bns of the London Regt. Even though they were more easily made one piece badges but even so I expect that there would be any number of dies for 20k !
The KLR did not have any "all GM" badges but the WO demanded 6k of the BM varseions.
It would be interesting to know the life span of a die (pair) in the early 20th century - even though 6k must have exhausted x dies.....
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Indeed it would.
I have identified/recorded eight separate all-G/M dies for the pre-1924 QRWS O/Rs' cap badge, each of which, apart from one, has a corresponding bi-metal version.
However, as can be deduced from the above statement, not every bi-metal variant has a corresponding all-G/M counterpart.
By way of example, below are two of the eight variants which have bi-metal and all-G/M versions:
JT QRWS 1.jpg
JT QRWS 2.jpg