19th County of London ( St Pancras )

[Keith Blakeman]

Originally Posted by Luke H

I think there are so many makers variant dies for this badge over time and between other ranks and officers that it can be difficult to work out which provided the ‘inspiration’ for the fakers poor attempts to create a facsimile.

Agreed. There’s no die based on this Gaunt OSD as I’’m aware.

[ravrick]

Hi,
I just picked the 19th Bn badge up, came from a family, any thoughts?
Cheers,
Rick

[Jelly Terror]

Originally Posted by ravrick

Hi,
I just picked the 19th Bn badge up, came from a family, any thoughts?
Cheers,
Rick

Nothing wrong with that. Appears to have the Woodward crown seen on 19th Londons, of the era:







Regards to all,

JT

[Markus Bodeux]

Yes, the crown looks very close to mine, slider marked by Woodward. May be yours has been a little more polished....

Regards
Markus

[ravrick]

Thanks Guys,
much appreciated, it came with a group of other medals and badges so I have no idea of a realistic value on it's own, £15 maybe?
Rick

[Luke H]

Originally Posted by ravrick

Thanks Guys,
much appreciated, it came with a group of other medals and badges so I have no idea of a realistic value on it's own, £15 maybe?
Rick

That would be a fair price and should elicit a quick sale. They are common badges.

[Luke H]

Well until this showed up I did not believe it existed despite a white metal badge being mentioned in KK.

I have seen many FN die restrikes and a couple fake die versions in WM but never one I would regard as genuine, until now.

[Alan O]

This is mine brass 1899-02 - possibly the same die?

This is the other w/m version which I am dubious about.

[Luke H]

Correct Alan, same die as your GM example. The crown is a distinctive shape as too is the ‘-02’ in which each digit is raised slightly higher than the last v’s the 1899.

Alas the WM version you show is indeed the commonly seen WM fake.

[Alan O]

The GM one is unmarked I am afriad.

[Luke H]

Sadly I’ve never seen one from that die with a marker marked slider either.

Maybe one day something will turn up that will also help date it and identify the maker or use.

Some better pics after a gentle clean to remove the corrosion.

[Jelly Terror]

Here is my only 1899 example:

19 OSD a.jpg19 OSD b.jpg

Regards to all,

JT

[Jelly Terror]

My Gaunt OSD, which looks to be the same die as Luke's (post # 15)

Gaunt OSD a.jpgGaunt OSD b.jpg

JT

[CAM]

Thanks Luke and Alan for the posts re WM version.

Saved me from buying a dud.

Chris