WW1 Cap Ribbons
Lovely items! Thanks very much for showing them.
Gold wire tallies weren't the only ones used during WW1. On 21st February 1918 AWO 662/18 introduced yellow silk lettering on cap tallies as a wartime economy to conserve stocks of gold wire used in the lettering of tallies.
The use of yellow silk lettering was quite short-lived as AWO 2665/19 of 6th August 1919 reintroduced gold wire lettering, with the stipulation that silk lettered tallies should continue to be used until worn out and service stocks used-up.
So it's quite possible that what you have is actually one of the shortlived wartime economy tallies.
I'd certainly be interested in seeing some images of the uniforms! Do I still need to PM you to say that now that I've just told you?
Pete
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