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21-11-18, 05:22 PM
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10th Gurkha Rifles small badges
I bought these 3 items a while back thinking they were officers silvered badges having only seen the front view,with no dimensions given. I was very surprised to see the size of them when they arrived. The coin used for size reference is a UK 5 pence.
Any ideas of what they were used for? Al 
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22-11-18, 11:05 AM
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22-11-18, 08:50 PM
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What are the dimensions of the complete one? If its 26mm x28mm then its a beret badge if its 20mm x 21 or 19mm X 21mm then it could be a either a beret badge or a collar. The collars were worn on the mess dress from around 1925 > 1950. The beret badges were worn from around 1937 > 1950. Hope this helps. Tim
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24-11-18, 08:14 PM
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Thanks for the advice. The badge is 19mm x 21mm, So could be as you said a collar or cap badge. My instinct says collar as it's so small and delicate. Cheers. Al
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#6
25-11-18, 04:05 PM
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The regiment wore those small badges for the beret. As long-standing (as opposed to converted) rifle regiments the 10th GR did not wear collar badges but used shoulder titles instead.
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#7
25-11-18, 05:12 PM
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They did wear collar badges on the hot weather mess dress from 1937 > 1950 and cold weather mess dress from 1925 > WW2, and it was those badges that I was referring to. Tim
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#8
26-11-18, 04:08 PM
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Tim,
10GR wore collars on Mess dress till 1994, Sgts & WO,s from 90-94. The ones illustrated are 1950-1994 as they have Princess Marys cypher. You can see where the two have had it broken off. Regards Steve . (Ref 10GR E2) Last edited by Gurkha; 26-11-18 at 04:14 PM.
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#9
27-11-18, 03:45 AM
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Thank you both for the clarification regarding Mess dress.
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