CEF LSH & MG Badges
Mike - thanks for putting everything together in that excellent post. Regarding the Strathcona's badge, I have just corresponded with Chris Brooker, who is a recognised expert in Canadian badges and who helped put together one of the bibles for CEF badges (the Charlton guide). He is selling or just sold on e-bay a CEF pattern LSH badge with the same style Gaunt plaque and guarantees originality. He does say this badge was re-struck in the 1970's by Birmingham Mint who bought out Gaunt and used their original dies. The giveaway is that the restrike was done using yellow brass, much yellower than the originals. He doesn't see any issue in the font style of the Gaunt plate.
He also thought my MG badge was a 1970's Birmingham mint restrike. I've asked for more details as to what the giveaways are for that badge. I like your point about the position of the plaque - make sense.
Cheers, Ian.
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