Rare Irish Guards, anodised 'cap star'. - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

bess55 · #1 28-04-20, 05:32 PM

A recent acquisition of mine.

In the Guards museum, within the display of cap badges is an example of the attached. Issued to the Battalion in the early 1970's it was apparently returned from whence it came by (if I recall) the RSM as it was substandard and the lugs had been applied North & South. There is a die flaw at about 10 or 11 o'clock as you look at it. The ends of the rays at this point are a bit mangled and there are 3 'blobs' on the rays about halfway along. My images do not really show these flaws well, but with the naked eye are visible. On the rear, there appear to be locating/fixing marks for the lugs at the East & West position, but for some reason are affixed vertically.

Purely for interests sake chaps.

Regards all

Bess

Mike H · #2 28-04-20, 05:40 PM

Nice badge. A good find mate. Cant be many around if they were returned to the maker.
It's odd they'd have put the lugs north and south.

54Bty · #3 28-04-20, 05:57 PM

Possibly incorrectly orientated during the process.

Marc

grenadierguardsman · #4 28-04-20, 06:05 PM

A nice cap star Bess.
Andy

bess55 · #5 28-04-20, 06:19 PM

Thanks chaps, just goes to show these things do STILL turn up.

I've been searching for this little b#####d for years, would you believe. . . .

William · #6 28-04-20, 08:54 PM

Unusual badge. Excellent find. Interesting IG artefact. Looks like you have unearthed yet another extreme rarity! I

Congratulations, Sean on another good discovery!

W

JerryBB · #7 29-04-20, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bess55

A recent acquisition of mine.

In the Guards museum, within the display of cap badges is an example of the attached. Issued to the Battalion in the early 1970's it was apparently returned from whence it came by (if I recall) the RSM as it was substandard and the lugs had been applied North & South. There is a die flaw at about 10 or 11 o'clock as you look at it. The ends of the rays at this point are a bit mangled and there are 3 'blobs' on the rays about halfway along. My images do not really show these flaws well, but with the naked eye are visible. On the rear, there appear to be locating/fixing marks for the lugs at the East & West position, but for some reason are affixed vertically.

Purely for interests sake chaps.

Regards all

Bess

Is this the one from tel's insignia?

bess55 · #8 30-04-20, 06:52 AM

It is . . .

bess55 · #9 30-04-20, 06:56 AM

I too have a silver anodised Irish Guards, but tended to consider it a colour error/oddity . . .

( and yes it is silver anodised, not an alloy blank or faded gold)