Worn Leicesters S&G Badge
Hello Monty
That’s a very nice badge you have there, despite all the wear, which, although a shame is, itself, interesting. It is my belief that the badge you have, although apparently unmarked, is the Bent & Parker maker’s type. The telltale sign is the fact that the two ‘i’s in the ‘Leicestershire’ bottom scroll are slightly shorter than the other letters, this is particularly noticeable with the first one. Why it is quite so worn I cannot say, as being an officer’s badge I wouldn’t have thought it needed to be polished in the way it seems to have been. Still a good badge to have, thank you for sharing.
Regards
Martin
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From Hindoostan, Gibraltar and Almanza; to Dunblane, Alma and Brandywine: Tigers, Steelbacks, Dutch Guards, Leather Hats, Nanny Goats and Red Feathers!
Interested in style and variation of post-1893 regimental cap badges for the Leicesters, the Northamptons, the Warwicks, the K.L.R., the R.W.F. and the D.C.L.I.
“Scutelliphiliacus in vestri insignia pergaudete”
Last edited by 'Ticker' Riley; 13-02-17 at 06:23 PM.
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