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HELP WITH ROYAL MARINES BADGE APPRECIATED
Can Any forum member identify this badge. I have looked online without success. It is the same height as a full size Royal Artillery cap badge.
Kind regards, Malcolm. |
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A dent at the top of the strap or has something been snapped off?
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What does the back look like.
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I don’t know. It is included in a parcel of bits which I don’t have yet, just the picture. When I get them I will have a closer look.
Kind regards, Malcolm. |
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On closer inspection it looks like the tip of a pin sticking out of the right hand side facing.
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Possibly Officers Glengarry Cap badge with the QVC snapped off ??
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I've seen similar cast designs as "sweethearts" but that badge appears too large and of unlikely construction for a sweetheart.
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Malcolm
I think it may be easier to work out once you can find the dimensions of the badge and show a picture of the rear. The closest thing I can find is the front piece of an officer's 1856 shako plate. I have attached a picture of my version when dismantled. The Per Mare Per Terram circlet on the vast majority of officers helmet plates is pierced but this shako is solid. Paddy |
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Thanks everyone for all the input. Much appreciated.
Once I get it I will take detail pictures and add them to the post. Kind regards, Malcolm. |
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Additional pics.
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With those three small squared lugs it was definitely an overlay badge of some sort that had a backing plate. Maybe part of a helmet plate, belt buckle or shoulder belt plate.
Cheers, Alex |
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Alex.
Many thanks for the helpful reply. Something looks to have been attached with solder to the top once which seems to have left an impression of a lug? Looking at other Royal Marine insignia I wonder if it may have been a grenade or bugle? Just a thought! Kind regards, Malcolm. |
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The pictures attached show the RMLI officer’s glengarry - similar to your badge but then quite different. It is the same size as, if not actually made from, the centre of the officer’s helmet plate.
If yours is smaller I would have thought it might be a sweetheart item made up from pieces of different badges. The missing part at the top could be a horn like this one? Ray |
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Hello Ray.
Thanks for the helpful reply. I will take some measurements and post later. Kind regards, Malcolm. |
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Morning Malcolm
It’s difficult to determine whether the Laurel wreath was originally attached to the circlet or whether it is 2 separate pieces put together for the purpose of making this (sweetheart) badge. From the varieties I have it seemed quite common to take pieces from different badges to make up a sweetheart badge. The circlet could be from a helmet plate, horse martingale or shake plate maybe. I am thinking Paddy might be able to determine a specific era (and even badge(s) for the globe and if so, that might give you a corresponding era to look for the circlet/wreath Ray |
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