My thoughts would be that these badges came from a particular manufacturer and like the Manchester Regt you mention, were simply made and finished as they are now found and at that point in time, I would assume the war was very much on, but, without evidence this is assumption only.
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Originally Posted by Luke H
The numbers seen of these badges is comparatively low compared to the correctly finished IY badges. Same scenario as encountered with the solid BM Mancs badges etc.
As you say a cap badge shortage late 1914 - early 1915 which is exactly when the picture dates from.
Not sure what more I can say, either this unit accepted a very low number of defective IY badges from a manufacturer but decided not to do what any paying customer would and return/reject them but instead kept them (for perhaps nearly a decade) in a tin until late 1914/5. Sounds unlikely.
Or this badge matches a well known trend of using old dies/designs in WW1 such as Northamptonshire Regt, Suffolk Regt, East Surrey etc. and the lack of fine voiding seen on Manchester Regt, Royal Irish Regt, Connaught Rangers etc. etc. to speed up production. Sounds more likely.
A wartime rush job seems far more likely and feasible all things considered to me.
We will have to agree to disagree.
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