Fire gilt Royal Engineers GVI Officers badge - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

mooke07 · #1 23-07-16, 11:45 AM

Picked this one up today - picture doesn't do the fire gilt finish justice but a cracker GVI Royal Engineer Officers badge (K&K 1940), cheers Dean.

mooke07 · #2 23-07-16, 11:46 AM

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Alex Rice · #3 23-07-16, 03:37 PM

Looks like an OSD badge that has been gilded, is that correct?
Cheers,
Alex

mooke07 · #4 23-07-16, 09:43 PM

Hi Alex,

It could well be as is not die struck by the rear but die cast like an OSD badge.

Cheers Dean.

Alex Rice · #5 24-07-16, 12:56 PM

Hi Dean
Yes, it is a bit unusual because fire-gilt badges I would usually associate with dress uniforms but the RE dress cap badge was silver/gilt, so probably privately gilded.
Cheers,
Alex

fougasse1940 · #6 24-07-16, 10:28 PM

It was only silver/gilt from 1949 onwards, before that these officers badges were gilt only, just as OR's badges were G/M only.

Rgds, Thomas.

mooke07 · #7 25-07-16, 09:06 PM

Thanks Thomas for the useful dating of the S/G version of the RE badge, cheers Dean.