ARMY REMOUNT SERVICE (2nd & 3rd Issue) WW1 & WW2
Hello guys n gals,
I have a question to ask, which is causing me a problem, as no one can help me at the moment, so i am asking the forum as a whole.
Army Remounts Service (ASR)
I have acquired an ARS badge, which is slightly different from all the others i have seen, yet it seems correct.
Well, to me it does, which doesn't mean much really.
The problem is as follows;
The images of the following ARS "Cap" badge described in 2 book is as follows;
Kipling & King ARS (3rd issued badge) (KK.1046)[/I]
Badges & Insignia of the RASC & RCT & Their Predecessors (2-68 page 18)
This is the problem that i have;
At the bottom of both badges, but not explained in both books.
(2) An oval inscribed Army Remount Service surmounted by an Imperial crown. In the centre a horse rampant. In gilding metal (fig 1046). Also in bronze.
In all the images i have seen of both the early & late badges (1046 & 1047);
Within the oval strap/buckle; Army Remount Service (but below at the furthest point of the badges is (what i can only describe as "A Star")
I have come across the following ARS badge, in Bronze (KK 1046; or 2-68)
With a "BUCKLE" and not "A STAR" at the lowest point of the badge.
The badge in question is mm'd J.R. Gaunt London (curving upwards L-R)
Take a close look at the images and see if you can help me. It's one of 2 things,
1. Copy/Fake
2. A unseen cap badge [meaning that the other badges could be either collar badges or earlier cap badges]
Has anyone else got one of these badges in their collections which they know about ?
Thanks in advance
Kind regards
FBK
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