Plates and A/A Badges

[hagwalther]

Originally Posted by William

I have a Queen's Gurkha Signals two-part badge at home. I seem to recall that it came with a backing plate, but I'll have to check next time I'm there, in abt a fortnight or so.

Hi william,

I'll be keen to see that as well as a few other items you have.

Regards

Chris

[hagwalther]

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

I'll grab it when I'm home tmorrow, but what about the brigade of ghurkas parachut section? That had a parachute and crossed khukris on a circular backing plate.....

Parachute regiment also can have a metal backing plate to let the beret sit right, they were sold in the PRI shop when I last saw the but have seen them worn in Berets, I took the cheapskate recommendation from a former skyjockey, cut up an ice cream tub

Tom

Hi Tom,

I've not included the Gurkha badge you have mentioned as I've not come across any official authorisation to issue.

Para PRI items the same as they were not official items although were often worn by service members in the course of their duties.

Regards

Chris

[Unknownsoldier]

Oh well

Hows about:
The Royal Regiment of Scotland, that has a square backing plate,
The Ghurka Band????????

Tom

[hagwalther]

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

Oh well

Hows about:
The Royal Regiment of Scotland, that has a square backing plate,
The Ghurka Band????????

Tom

Hi Tom,

Royal Regiment of Scotland is 'new metal'.

The Gurkha Band - I have an unmarked slider version in A/A - do you have a lugged version with plate?

Regards

Chris

[Unknownsoldier]

Originally Posted by hagwalther

Hi Tom,

Royal Regiment of Scotland is 'new metal'.

The Gurkha Band - I have an unmarked slider version in A/A - do you have a lugged version with plate?

Regards

Chris

New Metal, glad I stop in roughly WW2, get confusing, sorry

The band may be new metal too then, in photo's they look rather similar.... my apologies here, I see bits and think, just note it, I may yet find one you havn' got

Tom

[ukbrits]

Hi Chris,
Heres a pic of a 2 part gurkha signals a/a badge with backing plates & pins.
Best Regards
UKbrits

[hagwalther]

Originally Posted by ukbrits

Hi Chris,
Heres a pic of a 2 part gurkha signals a/a badge with backing plates & pins.
Best Regards
UKbrits

Hi UKBrits,

I don't recognise those lugs at all - certainly not Firmin who made most of the Gurkha badges. Can you remember where it came from?

Assume no makers marks to to the components of the plate. Shaw Munster used to (possibly still do) mark their plates for RAF badges.

Regards

Chris

[ukbrits]

Hi Chris,
These are lugs normally used on collar badges. The small thin Gurkha badge allows itself to be better suited and less likely to break using collar badge style lugs imo.

Can't remember where I got it from but it was a while ago. It is not a recent Shaw Munster badge with backing plate.

This may well be Firmin style collar badge lugs? Perhaps other members of the forum will know.
There has been a thread before on the Gurkha Signals a/a badge with other pics of this badge somewhere on the forum
Hope this helps
UKbrits

[hagwalther]

Originally Posted by ukbrits

Hi Chris,
These are lugs normally used on collar badges. The small thin Gurkha badge allows itself to be better suited and less likely to break using collar badge style lugs imo.

Can't remember where I got it from but it was a while ago. It is not a recent Shaw Munster badge with backing plate.

This may well be Firmin style collar badge lugs? Perhaps other members of the forum will know.
There has been a thread before on the Gurkha Signals a/a badge with other pics of this badge somewhere on the forum
Hope this helps
UKbrits

Is it a collar badge then?

Regards

Chris

[ukbrits]

Hi Chris,
Hopefully heres the link to other Gurkha Sigs badges.
Regards
U.Kbrits
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...signals&page=3

[ukbrits]

Originally Posted by hagwalther

Is it a collar badge then?

Regards

Chris

Hi Chris,
No, its not a collar it is a cap badge.
Regards
UKbrits

[grey_green_acorn]

Chris,
Turned up this 7th Gurkha Rifles cap badge with a backing plate and pin. However I cannot say with any certaintly that it was issued this way?

[hagwalther]

Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn

Chris,
Turned up this 7th Gurkha Rifles cap badge with a backing plate and pin. However I cannot say with any certaintly that it was issued this way?

Thanks Grey Green Acorn,

I've seen that plate somewhere before but I'm stuffed if I can think where. I've not seen a 7th Gurkhas with a plate before though.

Regards

Chris

[hagwalther]

Hi Guys,

OK - time to get nerdy.

Looking through at the specification for Plates for Titles and Numerals last updated on 13th April 1956 I note that the size used is No.8 (Old Birmingham Metal Gauge) which equates down to 0.021" or 21 thou of an inch. This therefore has to be the official standard.

Measuring my plates that came with the RTR and 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles I have a measurement of 0.021" but for the Queen's Own Highlanders it is only 0.018 thou.

My Royal Corps of Signals is in a sealed bag and I really don't want to open it so can't measure.

Can someone measure the thickness of the backing plate on their two part Gurkha Signals badge and posy result here.

Regards

Chris

[ukbrits]

Hi Chris,
The nerdy bit with the backing plate is 0.030".
Best Regards
UKbrits