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Irish Guards date?
One here for Andy really I guess, but can this Irish Guards be WW1 era?
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In my belief the oddity slidered Irish, Scots and Coldstream Guards cohort of badges are of WW1 manufacture.
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Thanks again Luke, my thoughts too. Fiver at Thetford this morning.
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The Irish Guards badge wore WO Pattern 5032/1900 with loops.
I'm still searching for the date BUT the Irish Guards wore FSH badges in Egypt in 1936 but these had two loops The Welsh Guards had a slider when wearing FSH Last edited by KLR; 17-10-22 at 08:14 AM. Reason: Egypt |
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Andy
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Leave to carry on Sir please. |
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Yes, I thank that most slidered gilding metal Guards badges were made for the collector’s market, and aren’t original issue.
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I would suspect it might be the contemporary replacement badge canteen market as they have age to them.
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This belonged to my grandfather who put his collection together in the 1940s. He also has a WG on a slider but that is the norm for the WG badges of that period.
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Andy
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Yes I agree Alan. I tend to think of that as largely post National Service (1960).
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Yes definitely. The War Office/MOD issue followed the strict specifications, which were for loops, not sliders. The likes of Julian Bowsher and Peter Brydon (plus others) have done a lot of research in various archives and museums on this, and then discussed their findings in this forum in past decades.
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Andy
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Last edited by Toby Purcell; 15-10-22 at 06:37 PM. |
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My Gren Guards on slider - different die to the collectors issue . . .
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That style of Grenade fired proper is the most common version, but not the original shape used. Here is the original pattern. Note - no sliders.
Last edited by Toby Purcell; 15-10-22 at 06:47 PM. |
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