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Old 10-10-18, 02:44 PM
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Arrow Coldstream Guards - Pith Helmet Badge?

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Is this a pith helmet badge or similar? It is approx 8.7 cms tall but lugs look rather short.

Also a nice bed plate (is that what they are called?), stamped F Narborough Birmingham on the reverse

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Old 10-10-18, 06:57 PM
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Im not keen on the Pith Helmet badge, looks too new to me. See what others say though. Nice bed plate though.
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Old 10-10-18, 08:35 PM
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Very nice, they both look good to me.
Given that they are probably related PLEASE don't separate them !!
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Old 10-10-18, 09:23 PM
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Very nice, they both look good to me.
Given that they are probably related PLEASE don't separate them !!
Came from a guardsman who did national service in the late 50s.

Hot my area of interest so will be selling them.
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Old 11-10-18, 05:56 AM
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Is the badge not an O/Rs valise badge rather than a pith helmet badge?
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Old 11-10-18, 09:57 AM
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The badge is not a valise badge as the fittings are wrong. I have seen pics of Coldstreamers wearing this large badge on sunhelmets but it was my understanding that such badges would usualy be a pagri type with a slider?
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Old 11-10-18, 04:00 PM
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Smile Coldstream pagri

A lovely badge, one of the first badges I was given in the early 1950's which I still have.
As far as I'm aware they all had loops, I have never seen one with a slider.

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Old 11-10-18, 06:07 PM
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Were they wearing these pagri badges in the 1950's ?
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Old 11-10-18, 06:15 PM
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The FSH went out of use in WW2. Post war it was berets and floppy hats.
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Old 11-10-18, 06:40 PM
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The FSH went out of use in WW2. Post war it was berets and floppy hats.
Thats what i thought Alan.
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Old 11-10-18, 06:42 PM
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Came from a guardsman who did national service in the late 50s.

Hot my area of interest so will be selling them.
If it did come from a Guardsman what ever era, I'm sure he would have had his details stamped on it.
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Old 11-10-18, 07:44 PM
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Andy,

Have to agree with you, if this was the property of an ex Guardsman it would surely be stamped with his Name, Rank and Number unless of course he decided to acquire a souvenir of his Service from the Stores.


Not saying this is anything to go by but I personally have never seen a Coldstream Bed Plate of that construction either.


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Old 12-10-18, 06:07 AM
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The badge is not a valise badge as the fittings are wrong. I have seen pics of Coldstreamers wearing this large badge on sunhelmets but it was my understanding that such badges would usualy be a pagri type with a slider?
The older valise badges had screw posts but I thought the newer ones were lugged?
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Old 12-10-18, 07:45 AM
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Could you show an older example with screw post please, I have never seen one, you would normally expect four copper lugs, often subsequently removed and replaced by the square, brass, fitting which the leather strap went through.

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Old 12-10-18, 08:17 AM
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Pagri and two valise stars.
The pagri measures about 85 X 68 mm, the valise star measures about 105 X 80mm.
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