East Surrey Variant?

[Holyboy]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Devonshir...-127635-2958-0 Is this broken or is an East Surrey variant?

[leigh kitchen]

East Surreys, scroll broken off.

[Holyboy]

Thanks wasn’t sure so thought I’d post it in case not up on E Surrey

Regards

[leigh kitchen]

My "favourite" broken badge on ebay is another sellers Somerset Light Infantry one - badge minus it's snapped of "JELLALABAD" scroll buy it now £5, the seperate snapped off "JELLALABAD" scroll buy it now £5.
I must remember to snap in half any badges I might want to sell one day, double my money.

[Holyboy]

It’s depressing isn’t it I totally resent all the crax being sold and all the scumbags doing stuff like this my mate lost out to some medals recent,y WW2 in box with slip and paperwork a few days later all relisted seperate items I feel sorry for people who are starting out and don’t know how to navigate all this stuff

[leigh kitchen]

I love the ebay characters who split a WWI named medal group down to individually offered medals, ribbons and brooch bar.
Simply means I'm not interested in a group I may have bid for, disgusted by such practises and don't fancy winning some of the medals and not others.

[Sonofacqms]

When my Uncle died over twenty years ago we found in his toolbox a 1914/15 star with a Victory medal ribbon which had been issued to his Father who served in the Great War, after the funeral I mentioned this to his brother who said that as his Father had three children he gave them a medal each.

People were doing this back then!

Rob

[leigh kitchen]

Yes, a very common practise.

[Holyboy]

Not the same thing at all Rob we all know that WW1 medals were often split between family siblings etc this is not the same as buying stuff in 2021 and splitting it it up. I’m old skool and I know that there is lots of slack given to dealers by some on here but it annoys me personally.

[Sonofacqms]

Originally Posted by Holyboy

Not the same thing at all Rob we all know that WW1 medals were often split between family siblings etc this is not the same as buying stuff in 2021 and splitting it it up. I’m old skool and I know that there is lots of slack given to dealers by some on here but it annoys me personally.

I could not agree more with you, I keep medals, badges, photos and paperwork together, here's some items that belonged to two brothers who served in WWII.

Rob

[Keith Blakeman]

A photo I took in the Surrey Museum before it burned down.

[leigh kitchen]

The ebay badge linked in post one was damaged, the scroll had been removed.

[Holyboy]

Nice items well done for keeping them together

[Keith Blakeman]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

The ebay badge linked in post one was damaged, the scroll had been removed.

It certainly is but it’s not beyond the realms of a cheapskate officer to wear one.

[leigh kitchen]

Maybe, if an officer could get away with wearing one instead of a collar badge, but it would seem a little foolish to spend £27.88 on the ebay broken badge.